Bashar Hafez al-Assad

Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

Ali Khamenei, Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud

Bitter Rivals illuminates the essential history - and profound ripple effect - of Iran and Saudi Arabia's power struggle. It draws on scores of interviews with political, religious and military leaders, militia commanders, diplomats, and policy experts, painting American television's most comprehensive picture of a feud that has reshaped the Middle East.

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

Andrzej Klamt

Birgitta Assheuer, Îlham Ahmed

A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers.

Liban, l'épreuve du chaos

Amal Mogaizel

Hiba Dandachli, Chawki Azoury

The apocalyptic blast in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, exacerbates anger at those in power: protests cross religious boundaries as the Lebanese people curse corruption, nepotism, gross economic mismanagement and squandering of resources. How did the Land of Cedars, a country with so much to offer, allow itself to get into such a dire situation? And will it be able to bounce back?

Erzfreunde - Trump und Putin

Claire Walding

Liane Rudolph, Pyotr Tolstoy

Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the first politicians to congratulate Donald Trump on his election as president of the United States in 2016, but over time the relationship between the two heads of state has had its ups and downs. Are they friends or enemies? Has their mutual admiration turned into mutual distrust?