Thamer al-Sabhan, Saudi’s influential minister
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Saudi Arabia’s minister of Gulf Affairs called on October 30th for Hezbollah to be “toppled” in Lebanon. “Those who believe that my tweets are a personal stance […]
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The Kurdistan crises and Saudi -Iraq relations: Unintended consequences or planned reduction in KRG power?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Renewed clashes at Altun Kupri between Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Security Forces on October 20th led to more confusion in the ongoing crises that is reshaping […]
What can Saudis buy for $350 billion?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Saudi Arabia signed a $109 billion dollar defense deal with the US over the weekend. It is part of a larger deal worth $350 billion over […]
REVEALED: Arabic social media support for fires and arson in Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The debate As fires raged across Israel last week and over the weekend, a media debate began which was unsurprising. On one side were the security […]
Time to protest Saudi failure and mass-deaths in Hajj
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN As September 24 turned from morning to afternoon the death toll in a massive stampede climbed from hundreds to over 700. A day before many websites […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 