On the 6th anniversary of the ISIS genocide of Yazidis: A personal look back
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN My first memories of ISIS crimes were in the summer of 2014 when the group first began to flood social media of images of mass murder. […]
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Prelude to genocide: Remembering the days before August 2014 and the Yazidi genocide
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN JERUSALEM, JUNE 2014 – In June 2014 ISIS attacked Camp Speicher in Iraq. The group captured more than 1,000 mostly Shi’ite cadets and systematically murdered them. […]
Is the US deploying in Sinjar (Shingal)? If so, why? A look at the emerging reports
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On August 7, 2014 US president Barack Obama authorized operations to confront Islamic State after ISIS assaulted Yazidis near Sinjar and began a genocide of the […]
We need to talk about #MeToo and ISIS crimes against Yazidis
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Lamiya Aji Bashar, the Yazidi human rights activist, recently spoke at the World Youth Forum in Sharm el-Sheikh. Her story, like so many others, is difficult […]
Reports: Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraq forces enter Sinjar
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After the rapid conquest of Kirkuk on October 16th there are reports that the Iraqi Security Forces and particularly the Hashd al-Shaabi or Shia militias, have […]
BREAKING: Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi reaching Iraq-Syria border, implications?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Just after noon on May 29th the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a mostly Shia group of militias that have been officially part of […]
Photo essay: Peshmerga and the war on ISIS
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since August 2014 the Kurdish Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government, fought a tough war against Islamic State along a 1,000 kilometers of […]
Kurdish liberation of Shingal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post Magazine When I had visited Kurdistan in June, the liberation of Shingal was certainly on many people’s minds. Now the […]
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