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WATCH: Why Iran Backed Assad in Syria
In an excerpt from "Bitter Rivals," explore how Iran’s support for the Assad regime in Syria has helped fuel one of the most brutal wars in modern times.
February 27, 2018
How Billy Graham Helped Merge Patriotism and Christianity
In the wake of Graham's death at age 99, revisit his role in shaping American Christianity, politics and culture.
February 21, 2018
Inside the Making of “Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia”
Featuring on-the-ground reporting from seven Middle Eastern countries, the two-part FRONTLINE series was two years in the making.
February 20, 2018
The FRONTLINE Interview: Adel al-Jubeir
Iran has spent decades exploiting sectarianism in the Middle East to put pressure on Sunni governments across the region, says Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir in an interview for the FRONTLINE documentary "Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia."
February 20, 2018
The FRONTLINE Interview: Mohammad Javad Zarif
"Despite the fact that the United States and almost every other powerful nation supports Saudi Arabia actively and tries to undermine us actively, we are still the most influential power in the Middle East," says Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview for the FRONTLINE documentary "Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia."
February 20, 2018
The FRONTLINE Interview: Ryan Crocker
Whether it's Yemen, Iraq or Syria, today's conflicts in the Middle East can't be explained by sectarianism alone, says longtime U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker in this interview for the FRONTLINE documentary "Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia." Says Crocker, "There are deeper issues in play. It's power. It's who was going to have influence where?"
February 20, 2018
The FRONTLINE Interview: Randa Slim
The rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia "is primarily a competition about the direction of politics in the Mideast, and Iran wants to have a say in it," says Randa Slim of the Middle East Institute in Washington.
February 20, 2018
The FRONTLINE Interview: Vali Nasr
In this interview for the FRONTLINE documentary "Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia," Middle East scholar Vali Nasr talks about the history driving today's wars in the Middle East, whether these conflicts can be solved, and the parallels between ISIS and the nightwalkers from "Game of Thrones."
February 20, 2018
Saudi Official Makes Rare Reflection on Kingdom's Role in Rise of Extremism
Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir makes a rare, on-camera reflection in the FRONTLINE series "Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia."
February 20, 2018
In Crackdown on MS-13, a New Detention Policy Raises Alarms
An agency once primarily tasked with aiding refugees and asylum seekers has quietly become a potent and controversial tool in the Trump administration's fight against MS-13 and its approach to undocumented immigrants.
February 18, 2018
For Cities Where MS-13 Lives, a Fight to Keep Youth From Gang Life
In communities struggling with MS-13-related violence, intervention workers say it's impossible to stop the gang through arrests alone.
February 15, 2018
How the U.S. Fueled the Rise of MS-13
In a new video drawn from FRONTLINE's reporting for "The Gang Crackdown," learn about how MS-13 came to be.
February 13, 2018