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10 Years in, Explore the Syrian Conflict’s Origins, Evolution and Toll in These Streaming Documentaries
FRONTLINE’s Syria-related documentaries take you back to the beginning.
March 12, 2021
Syrian President Warns Against Western Intervention
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned this weekend that a Libyan-style Western intervention against his regime will lead to a regional crisis.
April 12, 2013
Syria Two Years Later: Bloody Civil War With No End In Sight
The Syrian revolution started two years ago today in Dara’a, a small farming town 60 miles south of Damascus. But what began as peaceful protests has grown into a bloody civil war with no end in sight.
March 15, 2013
What's Known about Syria's "Murky" Opposition
What began as a street uprising among united, angry Syrians has become a sprawling, scattered opposition force trying to bring down the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
June 22, 2012
The Troubled History of Hama, Syria
The Syrian government has cut off U.N. observers from accessing the site of a reported mass killing that took place yesterday in a village outside Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, where 30 years ago then-Syrian President Hafez al-Assad launched what’s known as one of the bloodiest chapters of modern Arab history.
June 7, 2012
Blast in Hama, Opposition Stronghold, Disrupts Fragile Syrian Ceasefire
An explosion ripped through a poor neighborhood in the opposition stronghold of Hama this morning, disrupting the fragile Syrian ceasefire agreement brokered by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan last month.
April 26, 2012
Will Syrian Truce Hold?
Despite apprehensions in the lead-up to yesterday's deadline, a tenuous ceasefire agreement brokered by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan took effect in Syria this morning.
April 12, 2012
"Syrian Society Is Beginning to Fall Apart"
Neighbors are turning on their neighbors, according to new accounts by refugees who have escaped Syria's bloody conflict for eastern Lebanon.
March 29, 2012
With Russian Support, U.N. Security Council Adopts Watered-Down Statement on Syria
After months of diplomatic stalemate resulting from the the objections of Russia and China, the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a statement on the crisis in Syria today.
March 21, 2012
Syrian Opposition Accused of Serious Human Rights Abuses
Against the backdrop of the Syrian government's brutal crackdown, the tactics of the country's armed opposition groups have received considerably less scrutiny.
March 20, 2012
Syria One Year Later: Growing Evidence of Torture, Detainee Abuse
Bisat al-rih is Arabic for "flying carpet," but for those detained by the Syrian regime, it can mean being blindfolded, stripped down to the underpants and strapped to a foldable wooden board.
March 14, 2012
Rare Video Evidence of Torture in Syrian Hospitals
Last night Channel 4 aired chilling footage of evidence of what appears to be the torture of injured Syrian civilians in a military hospital in Homs.
March 6, 2012
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