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Trump Administration Says North Korea Used VX to Kill Kim Jong-un's Half Brother
The Trump administration has announced new sanctions against North Korea after concluding that the country ordered the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
March 7, 2018
The Rivalry Behind Three Wars: How Saudi Arabia and Iran Fueled Conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen
How Saudi Arabia and Iran fueled conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
February 27, 2018
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
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
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Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
FRONTLINE investigates how a dangerous rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war.
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
A Controversial Bill Would Criminalize Claims that Poland Was Complicit in the Holocaust
In light of the proposed bill, revisit FRONTLINE's 1996 documentary, "Shtetl," the story of an entire Jewish community in Poland that was lost in the Holocaust.
February 1, 2018
Pentagon Maintained Aid for Afghans Accused of Rights Abuses, Watchdog Says
A government watchdog has found that the United States military provided assistance to Afghan security force units implicated in human rights abuses, despite a federal law designed to cut off aid in such instances.
January 25, 2018