Beyond Terrorism: The Proxy Wars Fuelling ISIS | Documentary

The global coalition against ISIS was never just about fighting terrorism. Hidden behind that rhetoric lie proxy wars and regional power-struggles.
ISIS successfully exploited Sunni discontent to take control of large swathes of Iraq. It was only after the attacks in Europe that a new Iraqi army, meant to rally together Sunnis and Shiites and embody national unity, was created. But in reality, the army is regarded as an offshoot of the Shiite regime. Many believe that Sunnis and Shiites can no longer peacefully co-exist and the Kurds hope to profit from these fractures to form their own homeland.
In Syria, when the uprising first started, Assad was able to divide the opposition and secure his own dictatorship by freeing the most radical Islamic prisoners. He has used ISIS to weaken his enemies and present himself as a bastion against terrorism. Invoking religious solidarity, he has the support of Shiite Iran and Hezbollah.
Today, 5,000 Hezbollah fighters are present in Syria. The war against ISIS effectively enables them and Iran to control a large part of the country. But for the Saudi monarchy, allied with other Arab nations and the Gulf states, Iran represents a bigger threat than ISIS. The involvement of Russia and the US has only increased the stakes. The battle for Iraq and Syria has turned into a proxy war, a battle for global and regional supremacy.
Featuring interviews with officials, witnesses and survivors at the forefront of the hidden conflict against ISIS, this documentary delves deeper into the heart of a complex, political and seemingly interminable war.
This film was first released in 2016
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The global coalition against ISIS was never just about fighting terrorism. Hidden behind that rhetoric lie proxy wars and regional power-struggles. ISIS successfully exploited Sunni discontent to take control of large swathes of Iraq. It was only after the attacks in Europe that a new Iraqi army, meant to rally together Sunnis and Shiites and embody national unity, was created. But in reality, the army is regarded as an offshoot of the Shiite regime. Many believe that Sunnis and Shiites can no longer peacefully co-exist and the Kurds hope to profit from these fractures to form their own homeland. In Syria, when the uprising first started, Assad was able to divide the opposition and secure his own dictatorship by freeing the most radical Islamic prisoners. He has used ISIS to weaken his enemies and present himself as a bastion against terrorism. Invoking religious solidarity, he has the support of Shiite Iran and Hezbollah. Today, 5,000 Hezbollah fighters are present in Syria. The war against ISIS effectively enables them and Iran to control a large part of the country. But for the Saudi monarchy, allied with other Arab nations and the Gulf states, Iran represents a bigger threat than ISIS. The involvement of Russia and the US has only increased the stakes. The battle for Iraq and Syria has turned into a proxy war, a battle for global and regional supremacy. Featuring interviews with officials, witnesses and survivors at the forefront of the hidden conflict against ISIS, this documentary delves deeper into the heart of a complex, political and seemingly interminable war.

[@1924-b8x]

HEI JAVA! THIS IS SO FUNNY ISIS CREATE BY AMERICA AND NOW U SAY THAT ISIS IS IRAN'S PROXY! BTW WHY YOU NEVER CREATE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NAZI ZIONISTS WHICH CLEARLY FULL SUPPORTED BY USA AND NATO OFFICIALY!!

[@hichic4390]

You shamelessly seek to spread lies and hypocrisy, I hope you have at least a little conscience left in you, which prevents you from sleeping peacefully at night.

[@abdushalo-zi1yw]

Trash propaganda against iran, which fought IS both in 🇮🇶 and Syria

[@Ghandi12]

If you tell a lie long enough it Will be come Israel

[@theblog101]

yeah, true... they tried :)

[@Ghandi12]

@@theblog101 the United States and Israel lost their war on the besieged Gaza Strip and must be held accountable for genocide against the people of Palestine. The United States is complicit in the Israeli regime's crimes against Palestinians in Gaza by providing it with full-fledged support. "The Zionist regime, with all its military capabilities and political influence, lost on the battlefield against the Palestinian people," . "The biggest loser in this battle against the people of Gaza, in addition to this usurping regime, is the US government," he emphasized. World nations and governments are duty-bound to hold the US government accountable for extending full-fledged and unconditional support for the Zionist regime.

[@Ali_Baalbakii]

@abdushalo-zi1yw Facts!

[@Ghandi12]

@@Ali_Baalbakii Lol he doesnt need facts, your hasbara don't work any more around the world. You need facts, your facts is all lies, everbody nows that now. The crap is that in israhel lives allso really good people like every where. I don't know the outcome. But how harder they hammer, how harder it's the outcome. Make peace.

[@TheMillw0rm]

its interesting that some of this guys try to whitewash ISIS saying they were the creation of injustice against Sunni while years of Massacre and genocide against Kurds and Shiites by Sadam never made such a nasty and disgusting outcome . people really need to learn from germans and just admit their had it wrong

[@ashikislam8370]

remember. isis funded by France base cement company lafarge. but, western media will never publish their crime.

[@jinxjinx85]

Offended by everything,ashamed of nothing. Thats how they are. Admission of guilt is a far cry

[@ngonzales3781]

​@@jinxjinx85 not original

[@stevierubalcava5924]

Than why hate on EVERYONE globally

[@AhmedAli-39]

former head of Mossad admitted that the Israel government supported the financed the al-nusra front along with ISIS against bashar al Assad, the statement is still present online

[@The_kneidlach_engineer]

Blaming the J's now? 😂😂😂

[@curtisthomas2670]

They're to blame for a lot

[@rajahua6268]

Great video! It says a lot about self-interest and power.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

It's not just an issue of about religion or regional politics which are a splinter of geopolitics! It's about "A Question of POWER!" Those who hold POWER determine the future of mankind. The insatiable quest for power is the bane of civilisation - a fate worse than death itself!

[@lukasgestrine]

Toyota: The official truck of conflicts in the middle-east

[@sheep.herder]

Toyota is number one on the list as largest car manufacturer in the world for a reason and it has nothing to do with someone's personal preference in which car they decide on owning. your hasbara is weak 😂🐑🐑

[@lukasgestrine]

@@sheep.herder Its not that deep bro. Just messing around...

[@sheep.herder]

@@lukasgestrine when you mean _child of god_ which God is it? the God of good or the God of evil?

[@The_kneidlach_engineer]

​@@sheep.herderhasbara? I was in the idea I am watching an ISIS-related video. Now it is related to Israel..😂😂😂

[@infinity5968]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Stabizzie]

Please do a video on the origins on ISIS. How they started and which governments funded them…. An honest video please.

[@darkthought784]

ask Syrian Democratic Forces Coalition and gcc and opec ¿!

[@MSI-E]

Here is a qucik answer for you: How was ISIS made? USA!!!!

[@darkthought784]

@@MSI-E it's name isis !?

[@MSI-E]

@@darkthought784 So? Indian Ocean is named "Indian". Does that mean India should have all of the ocean?

[@darkthought784]

@@MSI-E her name something else and they have same flag !

[@MAKMAUG]

almost as if invading iraq was a bad idea

[@callamastia]

trying to feel compassion for your enemy has been a bad idea since ww2.

[@Artburn360-Trojanhorse]

The wasnt isis in Iraq before invasion

[@Human-bq1jd]

26:38 this woman is very proud of her accomplishments ,,, these are the mindsets this religion produce !!! She’s happy cuz he believes his son is in heaven !!

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Stop blaming Islam. Every mother is proud of their sons achievements. It is a mother's nature.

[@Human-bq1jd]

@@HistoryOfRevolutions Islam causes Stockholm syndrome !! I feel pity for the ppl whose mind has a corrupted world view

[@Ko-mj3sd]

🤡Because they don't cherish the worldy life as much as the afterlife?🤡

[@bossman5359]

every mother from every religion thinks there child is in heaven what did u want her to think? he is in hell? 😂😂your so slow bruh

[@bossman5359]

every mother from every religion thinks there child is in heaven what did u want her to think? he is in hell? 😂😂your so slow bruh

[@monkeypawism]

Following the subtitles around gave me a headache, otherwise, great doc.

[@ovvsterancebaileysr3221]

This whole film was released in 2016. What took so long to post this

[@marcushall4999]

Great video. Shame the sun titles were in a light text.

[@mohammadzaker575]

Iran 🇮🇷 defeated ISIS in Iraq 😊

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

Actually it was the Iraqis, Kurds and Americas who defeated ISIS in Iraq, turn off the propaganda and open a book.

[@Ali_Baalbakii]

@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 no it was the iraqis and kurds ^ Iran that defeated isis stop with your USA BS Propaganda

[@7eeehehe]

ISIS is still there

[@7eeehehe]

ISIS still operated in Iraq

[@Attackx_]

Why does every t3orist shout Allah Akbar?

[@RoyalBlue292]

They're paid 3× more by the US to say that.

[@Naturevsnurture86]

It means God is great in arabic. They're committing what they feel is a sacrifice to their radical Allah. As nothing about true Islam is about that whatsoever.

[@gvibration1]

​@Naturevsnurture86 when 100% of them say the same thing?

[@TENGRI-101]

​@@Naturevsnurture86 Chapter 4/8/9 ..etc are flooding with bloody sword verses, habibi In fact, they are following true eslam.

[@Storming360]

The French guy calling Iran a thousand-year-old nation 24:05 it's 9000 years old actually.

[@7eeehehe]

That guy seem ret4rded; if he called the Persian thousand year old nation, then the Arabs have been king-maker to Mesopotamia before Persian Empire or france is a thing

[@TheHaithamG]

Funny how they never mentioned Israel’s role in all of this mess.

[@timtarlac3476]

Here we go...blame somebody else...sunni and shia have been killing each other for centuries without any encouragement sorry to disappoint you

[@TheHaithamG]

@@timtarlac3476 you obviously don’t know anything about the region nor the demographic. There is a reason why the entire region been unstable ever since the coming of zionists to the Levant.

[@classicmoviez3909]

@@timtarlac3476 Mossad invented terrorism

[@harryraam9566]

Golan Heights is still Syrian land confiscated by Israel.

[@Naturevsnurture86]

Exactly because isis is Israel

[@stevierubalcava5924]

Are they saying "All I want is Clark Bar"? Poor guys just want a piece of candy 🍬

[@iuliuli4352]

Watching women defend Islam is like watching chickens defend KFC

[@ulrikezachmann7596]

Don’t worry there is a twist to everything. A woman came running out of a hospital in Gaza and the elation on her face could not be hidden. “My husband has been martyred”, she cried as she hugged another woman. She was thinking, “good riddance at last!”

[@Koala_stoner]

omg they are using legos for thier battle plan model LOL!!! thats hilarious!

[@Attackx_]

Dans cette partie du monde, les ânes dorment-ils avec un œil ouvert pour éviter toute surprise pendant la nuit ?

[@Ghandi12]

If you tell a lie long enough it Will be come Israel

[@The_kneidlach_engineer]

​@@Ghandi12I smell envy 😂

[@Ghandi12]

@@The_kneidlach_engineer International probe into Gaza hospital mass graves ‘essential’: UK medical is “deeply concerned” that no international investigators have yet been allowed to enter Gaza to preserve evidence and pursue accountability more than a month after the discovery of hundreds of bodies in mass graves at the enclave’s two hospitals. At the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the Palestinian Civil Defence recovered 392 bodies, including those of women, children, the elderly and injured people, from at least three mass graves. The discovery of these mass graves followed a weeks-long siege and military raid by Israeli forces, which forced Nasser hospital out of service. Similarly, after a two-week-long invasion and siege by the Israeli military, at least seven mass graves were reported at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

[@infinity5968]

🤣🤣🤣Je ne voudrais etre ni ane ni mouton la bas...

[@Joseluz1969]

Very good documentary, it explains the root causes of the conflict very well, as opposed to the confusing and fragmented news from mainstream media. The only aspect to be improved is the white subtitles, which blend in with the backround in some shots.

[@johnconrad5487]

Around 34:15 there seems to be a conflict with what really happened. The Gulf countries ganged up against Quatr because Quatr was supporting the terrorists and they asked Quatr to stop but they did not so they all broke ties with Quatr. In fact SA was so angry with them that they wanted to build a canal around Q and isolate them from the rest of SA. They eventually calmed down and made peace with them. So for the article to lump Q and SA together is not correct. What other falsehoods does the article have?

[@GGYBRTTOPpsSkcSEC]

will they actually get their 72 virgins..or they were tricked ? 🤔😆

[@infinity5968]

😆 So sad they actually believe the virgin story

[@richardsanjose3692]

There's the problem one rich guy and his family ruling for decades and decades and suppressing everyone else

[@victoriahigman6802]

It’s all so sad. No answers. Nothing new

[@amirhosseinabdollahi1845]

hey be careful that is not gulf, that's Persian Gulf

[@cainonyango5292]

poor subtittles

[@victoriahigman6802]

And America thinks they have the answer to Gaza 🙄

[@lamarazmoe6438]

The Sunni interest, what is that? To be ruled by a dictator who follows Israel's orders?

[@crazylordbc3347]

Where 1slam Prospers, Civilization Dies. !

[@leonnozik]

@@crazylordbc3347 👌

[@SeekSeekerMaster]

​@crazylordbc3347 haha then you haven't read history books yet.. can't win so you create an image of monsters by creating monsters like Taliban ISIS Alqaeda paid armed and trained by the west.

[@sheep.herder]

​@@crazylordbc3347 👈 congratulations you secured youtubes top copy and paster 😂

[@crazylordbc3347]

@@sheep.herder Ohh jajaaja 👈😆🤣

[@SeekSeekerMaster]

Sunni Shiekh Al Khajar is second class citizen as you can see from his home.

[@7eeehehe]

He is in UAE 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@7eeehehe]

He is in UAE 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Freedom_fighter-t3s]

KNOW Islam: no peace NO Islam: know peace Internet: End of Islam

[@zaid-je5es]

Call them terrorists or not those people just fighting for there lives and future no Iraqi accept been slaves for Iranian or American coz we know you are fighting Islam thats it

[@richardsanjose3692]

Guys like that warlord use the religious angle to keep themselves in power and rich regardless of the death and destruction the unleash. They varee not if isis wins or the iragi army as long as they stay ensconced in luxury.

[@RobertJackson437]

This propaganda is funded and bróught to you by pentagon

[@7eeehehe]

Seem like it, they put like every major factions in war against ISIS except themselves, as if they aren't from the most involved & responsible

[@Razzotis2211]

This is what islam is best known for haha 😂

[@OlgaHolger]

yeah this is the party house!

[@JohnyWicky-f1g]

😂😂😂

[@Empire4Liberty]

ISILybia ISISyria

[@curtisthomas2670]

ISlS Camp Bucca

[@deviouspirate1374]

Cant Mossad the Assad

[@tatanv1351]

#freepalestine

[@The_kneidlach_engineer]

In Iraq or Syria but far far from Israel..😂😂😂

[@damienreilly8061]

Get it translated instead of CC, I dont want to sit here a read the documentary thats y im on KZbin if I wanted to read about it I'd get a book/magazine or something like that. Shit is annoying.

[@harryraam9566]

A voice over is for simple minded people. You never know if the voice over is actual, because u cant hear the true words being spoken. soooo many examples.😅😅

[@harryraam9566]

Now, go and get a magazine with pictures.