Episode 1: Syria's Stalingrad, Aleppo
For 4 long years, the largest city in Syria was torn apart in one of the largest and most ferocious battles of the 21st century. This is the story of how and why Aleppo was so fiercely fought over between the regime of Bashar al-Assad and his allies on the one side, and various rebel factions and their allies on the other.
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Episode 2: The Russian Invasion of Georgia
In 2008, Russia initiated a full-scale invasion into Georgia in what became the first European war of the 21st century.
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Episode 3: The Chechen Wars
Across the 1990's and early 2000's, the Republic of Chechnya attempted to secede from Russia and achieve independence.
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Episode 4: The US Invasion of Iraq
In 2003 the US and its allies invaded Iraq under the pretext of dismantling Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
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Episode 5: The Russian Intervention in Syria
Russia’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War to assist Assad’s regime lead to a triumph in geopolitics for the Kremlin.