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FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith travels to Syria's Idlib province and becomes the first Western journalist to interview one of the most wanted men in th

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Ils sont plusieurs milliers de combattants regroupés en factions pour défendre les idéaux.Nous partons caméra à l'épaule au cœur des premières lignes de fron

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2018/3/15/syrias-war-seven-years-seven-documentaries/
15 Mar 2018. As Syria marks seven years of civil war, Al Jazeera looks back at some of our best documentaries charting the conflict.

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At Your Fingertips. FRONTLINE conducted more than three dozen interviews for the June 2021 documentary The Jihadist, on the former Al Qaeda commander Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, including during two

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/announcement/frontline-documentary-jihadist-syria-idlib-province/
The Jihadist premieres Tues., June 1, at 10/9c on PBS stations and will also be available to stream on FRONTLINE's website, YouTube and the PBS Video App. ###. The Jihadist is a FRONTLINE

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The Jihadist. June 1, 2021 / 54m. Season 2021: Episode 3. Watch the Trailer. Produced by: Martin Smith. Marcela Gaviria. Over most of two decades, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's life has been a

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The Jihadist (full documentary) 02 Jun 2021. FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith travels to Syria's Idlib province and becomes the first Western journalist to interview one of the most wanted men in the world: Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, designated a terrorist by the U.S., whose Islamist group is the dominant force in Syria's last opposition

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/10-years-in-explore-the-syrian-conflicts-origins-evolution-and-toll-in-these-streaming-documentaries/
In an image from 2012's "Syria Behind the Lines," an early documentary on the Syrian conflict, a woman pushes her stroller away from the blast, moments after a deadly airstrike hits the Sunni

https://www.understandingwar.org/report/jihad-syria
It is difficult to distinguish between moderate Islamists and Salafi-jihadists in the context of the Syrian civil war. Assad's security solution transformed the largely peaceful uprising into an open civil war, and now even political Islamists and Syrian nationalists are engaged in violent means. Additionally, the mainstream use of jihadi

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/state-syrian-jihad
The State of the Syrian Jihad. by Aaron Y. Zelin. Aug 20, 2013. About the Authors. Aaron Y. Zelin. Aaron Y. Zelin is the Gloria and Ken Levy Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy where his research focuses on Sunni Arab jihadi groups in North Africa and Syria as well as the trend of foreign fighting and online jihadism.

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The defeat of the so-called Islamic State has left Sunni Muslim populations crushed and Shia Muslim military forces victorious, although only after terrible

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Near the film's end, experts claim that prospects aren't good for the organization, which has made "a world of enemies.". But a disheartening focus on the theory of "individual jihad

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The other two groups, al-Jihad Coordination and the al-Muqatileen al-Ansar Brigade, are recent splinters from the powerful Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which was al-Qaida's Syria

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2021/03/26/film-on-undercover-journalist-baiting-and-exposing-isis-recruiter-gets-us-release/
In 2014 a French journalist took to social media in an attempt to bait and expose a Syria-based Islamic State recruiter. ... of a Jihadist," as well as the subsequent 2018 film "Profile

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220203-us-led-raid-in-syria-targets-jihadist-locals-report-civilian-casualties
A US-led coalition raid on Thursday targeted a suspected al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist in the northern Syrian town of Atmeh, resulting in several civilian casualties, said residents and sources

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/sebastian-jungers-new-documentary-about-syria
June 10, 2017. The documentary "Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS" is an attempt to place the conflict at the center of American consciousness, to show that the Syrian

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Inspired by the mythology of the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War, over 300 foreign volunteers chose to give up their comfortable lives and go

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/battle-for-syria/
Join a live chat about "The Battle for Syria" on 9/19 at 11 a.m. ET with Jamie Doran, the film's producer, and Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy. You can leave a question

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The US has accused al-Qaeda of using Syria, which has been devastated by almost 11 years of civil war, as a safe haven to rebuild, co-ordinate with its foreign affiliates, and plan external attacks.

https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/download/9857/3028
George Mason University, USA. Amid the bloodshed of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Al-Qaeda affiliate known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) introduced into their repertoire a new tool of war: the handheld camera. Tracing the evolution of the ghazwa, or military expedition aesthetic, in ISI and later ISIS filmmaking, this article explores the

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/syria-arming-the-rebels/
Syria is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with at least 6.5 million people displaced internally. These images offer a glimpse into their disrupted lives. May 23, 2014

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jihadist-groups-say-they-have-stepped-up-attacks-against-syrian-army-2023-01-18/
Jihadist rebel fighters raided several Syrian army posts on Wednesday, rebels and army officials said, in a flare-up of hit-and-run attacks this year in the last opposition-held bastion in

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/syrias-second-front/
February 11, 2014 / 21m. Season 2014: Episode 8. Produced by: Jamie Doran. James Jones. Three years in to Syria's civil war, rebel forces aren't just fighting the Assad regime. They're also