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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
WATCH: Pentagon Had No Plan for When ISIS Took Mosul, Dempsey Says
The Pentagon had no contingency plan in place when ISIS seized control of Iraq's second largest city in 2014, says Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, in an interview for the new FRONTLINE documentary "Obama at War."
May 26, 2015
54m
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
How the Military Retaliates Against Sexual Assault Victims
In the military, reporting a rape can mean the end of your career and even threats to your life, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
May 18, 2015
Unsolved Killing of American Nuns in Liberia an Open Case Again
The FBI for the first time acknowledges the investigation of the 1992 killing of five American nuns in Liberia is again part of an active case.
May 7, 2015
54m
Outbreak
The vivid, inside story of how the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak began, and why it wasn't stopped before it was too late.
May 5, 2015
Why the U.S. Doesn't Always Know Who It's Killing in Drone Strikes
The U.S. has broken drone strikes into two categories: One where officials identify a specific individual to kill, and another where they don't.
April 23, 2015
After a Month of Airstrikes, Where Does Yemen Stand?
A Saudi-led coalition ended a campaign of airstrikes on Tuesday only to launch a new operation on Wednesday. What does it mean for the future of Yemen?
April 22, 2015
The Memoir of an "American Terrorist"
In excerpts from an unpublished manuscript, the American who aided in 2008's deadly attack on Mumbai writes about his turn to extremism, his embrace of polygamy and a plot to kill a cartoonist for drawings of the Prophet Muhammad.
April 21, 2015
Five Surprising Facts About the American Behind "India's 9/11"
Inside David Coleman Headley's journey from heroin smuggler to DEA informant to terrorist.
April 21, 2015
The Hidden Intelligence Breakdowns Behind the Mumbai Attacks
After Edward Snowden, the government said its controversial surveillance programs had stopped a terrorist – David Coleman Headley. In 'American Terrorist”, ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigate that claim.
April 21, 2015