Season 1
7 episodes
35 min. per episode
Where to watch
The Roku Channel
A fearless journalist uncovers hidden truths, risking everything to reveal the human stories behind decades of conflict in the Middle East.
Episodes
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The Six Day War of June 1967 when Israel went on the offensive against the combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
In 1980 Iraqi mechanized forces using blitzkrieg style tactics, less air power, invaded an unprepared Iran. How Iran managed to mobilize and gain the upper hand is explained. The events leading up to and continuing in the War of the Cities and finally the Tanker War that motivated the world's super powers to intervene and eventually end the war are described. Finally, with it's oil industry devastated but with a massive military Iraq turns on Kuwaitt to seize it's oil field for Iraqi exploitation.
In 1982 Isreal tired of the tit for tat PLO attacks on civilian targets in northern Israel and invaded their stronghold in Lebanon. The major combat phase is chronicled in detail as Israli forces drove PLO guerrillas north and then engaged Syrian forces decimating their air force and SAM defenses and causing major losses in tanks and infantry. Ariel Sharon drew criticism internally and internationally by exceeding his stated goal of driving the PLO 40 miles north of the Israel Lebanon border and went on to surround Beirut. PLO and Syrian forces drew heavy international criticism for the pervasive use of civilians as human shields as suggested by their soviet allies.
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A documentary series on modern wars in the Middle East, from the Six Day War in 1967 to the 1990s.