The NATO mission, created in 2018, trained and advised Iraqi forces. Iraq is among the countries facing retaliatory attacks from the U.S.-Israeli war.

A rumor circulated online in March 2026 that musician Fred Durst, frontman of the band Limp Bizkit, once condemned the Iraq War and predicted America would make the same mistake years later in Iran.

Iranian filmmakers turned censorship into one of cinema’s most vital movements. War threatens to destroy what decades of repression couldn’t.

A few artists protested more than just the Trump administration's immigration policies on Hollywood's biggest night.

Yet their most enduring costs often emerge later, in the form of mass displacement and refugee crises that reshape societies for decades. The war now unfolding between Israel, the United States, and ...

The film industry celebrated its biggest night of the year on Sunday amid global turmoil. At this year’s Academy Awards, actors Michael B. Jordan and Amy Madigan locked down wins for their ...

Host Conan O'Brien was subtle with his comments, Jimmy Kimmel less so, and the nominated films themselves carried a political ...

Revisit FRONTLINE’s documentaries on the Syrian war's devastating human toll, the journeys of refugees, the foreign interventions and the long shadow of the conflict.

Yes, there have political speeches given throughout the nearly 100 years of Oscars history, but as any list of "controversial moments" will prove, they are consistently few and far between.

Looking back at the 2003 Oscars. A night where Roman Polanski and Harvey Weinstein were the big winners and a different war ...

A young Iraqi immigrant's story is told in 'Pinball,' directed by Naveen Chaubal, premiering at the True/False festival in ...

New versions of ‘Remaking the Middle East’ and ‘Strike on Iran’ will premiere this month, and a FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast ...