ARTE Reportage

One year after the fall of Assad, the threat of Islamic State is still present in a divided Syria.

For years, the Assad secret services took away thousands of children from opponents of the regime and made them disappear.

Formerly a fear leader in the civil war, now Ahmed Al Charaa is a respected head of state.

In late April 2025, fighting between militias and government security forces in Druze areas of Damascus has brought violence back to Syria

Women in north-east Syria are fighting for their homeland and for their hard-won equal rights.

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Assad regime. What is life like in the newly liberated city?

On Sunday 8 December 2024, Syrians woke up to the news that Bashar Al Assad had fled the country.

Hundreds of thousands have fled Lebanon since September as a result of the Israeli bombing raids, including many Syrian war refugees, who have to flee conflict again.

In a Syria ravaged by more than a decade of war, small makeshift refineries employ refugee children in terrible conditions.

 One year on, ARTE Reportage goes back to Syria to see how the local population is coping after the earthquake.

In north-west Syria on the border with Turkey lies the Al-Nouri camp, where blind civilians are housed.

Hamoudé is just 12 years old, but with his dad in jail, he's the breadwinner of the family

Opposing the Neom project in Saudi Arabia can get you put in prison or killed.

The city of stars on the steppe is the largest space launch facility in the world and crucial to the Soviet space programme.

Fixer Ignace Ivlev-Yorke reports from a Ukrainian army unit on the frontline.

With years past since the EU referendum, there seems to be a sea change in the UK. But does Britain really regret Brexit?

The Haitian capital has become a warzone as gangs control larges swathes of the city.

Colombia is blighted by ultra-violent street gangs with children as young as ten years old being recruited to sell drugs, steal, intimidate and kill.

Some people are not interested in the here and now, what is so fascinating about living in yesteryear?

A highly charged debate is ongoing in Latvia on the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, aimed at preventing violence against women.

Whilst other European rail companies are gradually phasing out this mode of transport, ČD Night, a small Czech company, is trying to expand its network of sleeper carriages.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The city of stars on the steppe is the largest space launch facility in the world and crucial to the Soviet space programme.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

Hellfest kicks off now! Day one of France's most famous heavy metal festival includes sets from Shelter and The Plot In You.