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A Journey "Inside Assad's Syria"
By the time Martin Smith reached Syria this past summer, the war was already in its fifth year, but life in regime-controlled areas was still largely a mystery.
October 27, 2015
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Inside Assad's Syria
The world's eyes have been fixed on the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing war-torn Syria for Europe. But what is life like for those left behind?
October 27, 2015
Inside the Assad Regime's Surreal "Summer in Syria" Campaign
The Assad government sought to promote regime-sponsored cultural events through a marketing campaign called "Summer in Syria," but the effort didn't exactly go as planned.
October 26, 2015
How Europe's Refugee Crisis Was Years in the Making
For weeks, the world's eyes have been fixed upon the tens of thousands of migrants and refugees arriving on Europe's doorstep. But the crisis was years in the making, with a brutal civil war in Syria adding millions of refugees to those fleeing conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Nigeria.
September 23, 2015
Watch: On "Slave Market Day," ISIS Trades Women for Cash, Weapons
It’s a chilling sight: A group of men laughing as they discuss buying and selling women as slaves.
July 14, 2015
How ISIS Is Using Women To Police Other Women
Despite ISIS' brutal treatment of women, some now actively fight for the militant group, helping to enforce its vision for an Islamic State.
July 13, 2015
The U.S. is Training Just 60 Rebels in Syria, Says Defense Secretary
The U.S. hopes to train 15,000 moderate rebels to fight ISIS inside Syria, but the number currently in training is "not impressive," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told lawmakers Tuesday.
July 7, 2015
What an Estimate of 10,000 ISIS Fighters Killed Doesn't Tell Us
A senior U.S. official said this week that airstrikes have killed 10,000 ISIS fighters. So why does the group continue to expand its territory?
June 4, 2015
Syria Got Rid of Its Chemical Weapons -- But Reports of Attacks Continue
Since mid-March, rescue workers and doctors have documented 35 barrel bomb attacks inside Syria that allegedly involved the use of weaponized chlorine.
May 26, 2015
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Obama at War
FRONTLINE goes inside the Obama administration's struggle to deal with ISIS and the deadly civil war in Syria.
May 26, 2015
"The President Blinked": Why Obama Changed Course on the "Red Line" in Syria
When a chemical weapons attack struck near Damascus in 2013, "our finger was on the trigger" to start airstrikes, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells FRONTLINE. But then, the president had second thoughts.
May 25, 2015
In Syria, Darkness Takes On New Meaning After Four Years of War
As the Syrian war enters its fifth year, 11 million people have fled their homes, plunging much of the country into darkness. Those who remain face daily bombardments, food shortages and a crumbling medical infrastructure.
March 11, 2015