Action, Thriller, Drama
Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.
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IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2022
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IMDB 4.2 | May , 2023
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IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2017
A group of Malayali nurses stranded in Iraq, must survive their capture by the extremists and reach out to the rescue team headed by the Indian government.Mosul
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2019
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.Where is Gilgamesh?
IMDB 9.2 | Feb , 2024
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he faces his own inner demons.Girls of the Sun
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2018
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IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 2018
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IMDB 7 | Mar , 2018
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IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2023
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IMDB 6 | Jul , 2021
Rojda, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan and a soldier in the German army, travels to a refugee camp in Greece where she manages to meet her mother, who has bad news about her sister Dilan.Submission
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2019
After two marines make it home following an ISIS interrogation, one struggles to survive while the other fights his way back into the mixed martial arts world that he left behind years ago.Escape from Raqqa
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2019
Paris, spring 2015. Faustine travels to Syria with her little son to join ISIS; but, once in Raqqa, she soon realizes the hell she is gotten herself into. Her husband Sylvain quickly understands that the French government is powerless to help him, so he plans with some friends a high-risk extraction operation to get his family back.Road to Istanbul
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IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2021
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IMDB 10 | Apr , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2016
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IMDB 7.1 | May , 2019
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IMDB 7 | Sep , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
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