Syria's Ticking Time Bomb

The severe earthquake in February 2023 has also brought northern Syria back into the international spotlight, a region that has long gone largely unnoticed. Yet a conflict has been smouldering here for years that could escalate at any time and have international repercussions: The terrorist organisation known as IS, which had its stronghold here and has been defeated militarily, could regain strength from here.

• Kawa AkrawiDirector

• Mazloum AbdiSelf
• Îlham AhmedSelf
• Newroz AhmedSelf
• Kristin HelbergSelf
• Thomas SchmidingerSelf
• Fatma OmerSelf
• Khalil OsmanSelf
• Joe BidenSelf (archive footage)
• Brett McGurkSelf (archive footage)
• William RoebuckSelf
• Abdul Karim OmarSelf
• Zainab MohammedSelf