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The Rise of Germany’s New Right
An investigation into how far-right leaders in Germany have risen to the brink of power
November 4, 2025
The Rise of Germany’s New Right
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Ecuador in Transition: Marcel Mettelsiefen on Documenting a Nation in Crisis
Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen talks about making the documentary ‘Drug War in Ecuador,’ an on-the-ground look at how institutions, gangs and ordinary people are navigating the country’s ongoing crisis
November 12, 2025
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Ecuador’s Military Detained an 11-Year-Old Boy. Then He Was Found Dead.
Facing a surge in gang violence and drug-linked crime, Ecuador’s government launched a military crackdown. Critics allege the military has ‘disappeared’ innocents, including 11-year-old Steven Gerald Medina Lajones
November 11, 2025
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Drug War in Ecuador
How a once-peaceful nation is now gripped by drug cartels, violence and a military crackdown
November 11, 2025
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A German Far-Right Party’s Campaign Tactic: Fake ‘Deportation Tickets’
The flyers were part of a provocative campaign in Germany by the hardline nationalist AfD party, which has called for the mass ‘remigration’ of immigrants — and made recent electoral gains
November 4, 2025
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The Rise of Germany’s New Right
An investigation into how far-right leaders in Germany have risen to the brink of power
November 4, 2025
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A Window Into the Moscow Life of Wirecard’s Jan Marsalek
Once an executive at a European financial services firm, Jan Marsalek is now a fugitive with an international arrest warrant. A team of reporters managed to find Marsalek in Moscow
October 16, 2025
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Exclusive: Iran Won’t Allow Nuclear Inspections if Sanctions Are Reimposed, Says Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator
In an exclusive interview with FRONTLINE, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said the country will end its participation in international weapons inspections if sanctions are reimposed
September 26, 2025
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9/11, More Than 20 Years Later: 20 Essential Documentaries to Watch
These films, selected from more than two decades of extensive FRONTLINE reporting, probe that fateful day and its lasting impacts on America and the world
September 5, 2025
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Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran
FRONTLINE examines how Israel ended up fighting wars in Gaza and Iran — and the U.S. role
July 29, 2025
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Syria After Assad
Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa
July 1, 2025
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‘What They Left Behind’: A Look at the Human Toll of the Syrian War
After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians reckon with the devastating human toll of the war from hundreds of thousands killed to thousands still missing. A look at the figures that underscore the losses Syrians have endured
June 10, 2025
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‘I’d Scream Louder’: After Assad’s Fall, Brothers Return to Saydnaya Prison Where They Were Tortured
Bashar al-Assad’s regime detained more than a million people during the Syrian war. Saydnaya was the regime’s most notorious prison. In a video drawn from the documentary ‘Syria’s Detainee Files,’ brothers who were held at Saydnaya describe their experience –
June 10, 2025
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Syria’s Detainee Files
FRONTLINE investigates the Assad regime’s arrest, torture and execution of detainees during the Syrian war
June 10, 2025
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Mom Sues After Learning Her Missing Son Was Adopted Out of South Korea
A 72-year-old mother has filed a lawsuit against South Korea’s government and its largest adoption agency, alleging systematic failures in her forced separation from her toddler son who was sent to Norway without her consent
May 27, 2025
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South Korean Truth Commission Halts Probe Into Adoption Fraud, Hundreds of Cases in Limbo
The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission has suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program
April 24, 2025
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South Korea’s Truth Commission Says Government Responsible for Fraud and Abuse in Foreign Adoptions
South Korea’s truth commission has concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children’s backgrounds and
March 26, 2025
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Syria’s War Began 14 Years Ago. Explore FRONTLINE’s Reporting on Its Origins and Consequences
FRONTLINE has been covering the war since it began in 2011, tracing its origins and evolution, its impact on Syrians and the rest of the world, and how the U.S. has responded
March 14, 2025
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Duterte Arrested: Inside His Rise, Rule and Deadly Drug War
As former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is arrested under an I.C.C. warrant on charges of crimes against humanity, explore FRONTLINE’s reporting on his rise and his deadly crackdown on suspected drug dealers and users
March 11, 2025
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They Were Forced To Scam Others Worldwide. Now Thousands Are Detained on the Myanmar Border
An operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in Myanmar where they were forced to trick Americans and others out of their life savings. But survivors have found
March 10, 2025
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