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“The Toughest Battle I’ve Ever Covered”: A Q&A With “Mosul” Director Olivier Sarbil
French journalist Olivier Sarbil lost part of his right hand while covering the Libyan revolution. Even still, he says the fight for Mosul “was definitely the toughest battle I’ve ever covered.”
October 18, 2017
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Inside Yemen
An up-close look at how Yemen’s humanitarian crisis was worsened by a brutal war.
October 18, 2017
WATCH: "There’s an ISIS Fighter in This House"
FRONTLINE's new documentary, filmed on the ground inside the battle for Mosul, begins with seven chilling words.
October 18, 2017
How North Korea Uses Front Companies to Help Evade Sanctions
While the United Nations has imposed sanctions against North Korea for years, the regime continues to evade international pressure in order to bankroll its rapidly developing nuclear and missiles programs.
October 3, 2017
Who Planned the Assassination of Kim Jong-un’s Half Brother?
The murder of Kim Jong-nam shocked the world. As his assailants go on trial, FRONTLINE explores whether his half brother -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un -- ordered the hit.
October 2, 2017
Why Can't China Control Kim Jong-un? It's Family History.
The arrest of the North Korean leader's grandfather in 1934 sparked a family grudge that lives on more than 80 years later.
October 1, 2017
FRONTLINE Announces Fall Slate of Documentaries on Major Challenges Facing America, from North Korea, to the War on the EPA, to the Fight Against ISIS, to Russia
FRONTLINE's fall documentaries explore the mounting tensions with North Korea, the fight against ISIS, climate change and the EPA, and Vladimir Putin’s interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.
September 29, 2017
U.N. Says It Will Investigate Alleged War Crimes In Yemen
The United Nations will soon dispatch a team of experts to Yemen, where two-and-a-half years of war has left more than 10,000 dead and fueled an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.
September 29, 2017
Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Women Driving. Meet An Activist Once Jailed for Breaking It.
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it will allow women to drive, reversing a widely criticized ban that women’s rights activists had long opposed and fought to overturn.
September 26, 2017
In ISIS-held Raqqa, No Escape for Thousands of Civilians, Amnesty Warns
Thousands of civilians in Raqqa are trapped, caught between ISIS's mines, snipers and booby traps on the ground and air and artillery strikes from a coalition fighting to liberate the Syrian city from ISIS control.
August 25, 2017
Inside Yemen
Watch a rare, on-the-ground report from inside Yemen -- the country that’s home to what the United Nations recently called the “largest humanitarian crisis” in the world.
July 19, 2017