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Report Warns ISIS is "Resurging" in Syria After Trump Ordered a Partial Troop Withdrawal
A report released this week by the Department of Defense’s Inspector General details the group's evolving presence in Syria and Iraq.
August 8, 2019
How ISIS Came to Be: Four Docs to Watch
As Iraq's prime minister announces the end of major military operations against ISIS, here are four documentaries to watch on the evolution of the ISIS threat.
December 11, 2017
Is Abadi's "Good Faith" Enough to Reform Iraq?
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came into office during a time of crisis. Nearly one year later, he faces the difficult challenge of trying to reform Iraq's political system while continuing the fight against ISIS.
August 13, 2015
Can Haider al-Abadi Bridge Iraq's Sectarian Divide?
Not without reining in the Shia militias operating on the ground, according to experts who spoke to FRONTLINE.
October 21, 2014
Number of U.S. Air Strikes in Iraq Already Exceeds Those in Yemen, Somalia
The president pointed to the U.S. air campaigns in Yemen and Somalia as successful implementations of his planned strategy against ISIS.
September 11, 2014
Why Are So Many Westerners Joining ISIS?
And do they pose an imminent danger to the U.S. and other Western targets?
August 11, 2014
"For Now, It Seems, Iraq Is No More"
"Today, you are either a Shia, a Sunni, a Christian, a Kurd," writes FRONTLINE's Martin Smith from Baghdad. "You are not an Iraqi first."
August 9, 2014
Inside a Camp for Iraqis Fleeing ISIS
As the U.S. airstrikes begin, FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith reports from Mosul on the developing crisis.
August 8, 2014
Inside the Rise of ISIS
It may have seemed sudden but ISIS has been rebuilding inside Iraq -- turning itself into a professional military force -- for years, according to Brookings Institute analyst Charles Lister.
August 7, 2014
Can the Kurds Hold Out Against ISIS?
In the last week, ISIS and the Kurds have turned their guns on each other. What happens next?
August 5, 2014
Baghdad Dispatch: Checkpoint (In)Security
More than 10 years after the fall of Saddam, the people of Baghdad might reasonably have hoped that they could drive about their city without worrying about kidnappings and bombings.
August 5, 2014
Zalmay Khalilzad: Maliki and the "Unmaking of Iraq"
"It was the troop [pullout]; it was the elections, the post-election management; it was Syria. All the three, I think, together is the unmaking of Iraq."
July 29, 2014
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