September 9: Airstrikes at Albukamal?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Just after midnight, in the first hours of Monday morning, loud explosions were heard in an around the Syrian town of Albukamal near the Iraqi border. […]
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US Defense Department report: The changing mission confronting Iran in Syria and Iraq?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The latest Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) quarterly report on the status of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) includes 105 mentions of “Iran.” It covers the period of […]
Iran’s air corridor to Hezbollah: Background and briefing on the latest claims
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A Fars Air Qeshm flight Boeing 747 touched down in Beirut at 2:04 pm on October 16. The large white aircraft had left Tehran at 9:33am […]
Follow the money: Kirkuk, Baghdad, Tehran and London, how oil drove an attack on Kurdish control of Kirkuk
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In mid-October 2017 Iraqi forces, backed by Shia militias, launched an offensive to take Kirkuk from the Kurdistan Regional Government. It was a major setback for […]
Did Rex Tillerson disappear for a weekend during major crises?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Robbie Gramer, a reporter for Foreign Policy has been searching for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. On September 5 he tweeted; “It’s kind of telling that […]
