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The uprising against Syria's President Bashir Al-Assad sparked a bloody civil war but three years on, the opposition is now at war with itself. There is an escalating struggle between moderates and Islamists linked to al-Qaeda.
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The Arab Spring began in Tunisia in 2010, but the battle for hearts and minds still rages. Ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists want the country to be run along strict Koranic lines. Their influence is growing and the democratic Government is struggling to assert its authority.
This film offers a unique insight into Al-Ikhbariyah, one of Syria's pro-regime TV channels in Damascus, meeting the reporters who are foot soldiers on the front line in the government's 'media war' against the outside world.
Welcome to the frontline of sectarian warfare: Tripoli, North Lebanon. In Jabal Mohsen and Bab al Tabbaneh, violent clashes between Alawite and Sunni neighbours erupt every few weeks.
Five Syrian women tell their personal stories of revolt and war. Filmed mostly by the women themselves over a period of seven months in 2012, we hear how Syria's conflict has transformed their lives.
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