Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

2020•1h 28m•8.0/10

DocumentaryHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(4)

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.

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Production

Halbtotal Film, ZDF, ARTE, Phoenix

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Birgitta Assheuer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Îlham Ahmed

Self - Politician

Zaher al-Saket

Self - Former Syrian Military Gen.

Mohammad Almahmoud

Self - Syrian Refugee

Yaakov Amidror

Self - Security Advisor

Mehmet Beshir

Self - Al-Hawl Camp Leader

Jonathan Conricus

Self - Israeli Army Colonel

Sam Dagher

Sam Dagher

Self - Assad Family Biographer

Muhamed Demer

Self - German ISIS Member

Can Dündar

Can Dündar

Self - Journalist

İyad el-Baghdadi

İyad el-Baghdadi

Self - Human Rights Activist

Wadih El Hayek

Self - Journalist

Robert Ford

Self - Former USA Amb. in Syria

Burhan Ghalioun

Self - Former SNC Chairman

Hussein Ghrer

Self - Political Activist

Hassan Hassan

Self - Middle East Expert

Homam Hout

Self - Filmmaker

Salim Idris

Self - Former Syrian Military Brig. Gen.

İbrahim Kalın

İbrahim Kalın

Self - Pres. Erdoğan Advisor

Halil Katira

Self - Artisan

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