Beyond The Towers

Season 1

Beyond the Towers tracks the US-led response to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington D.C and how it unravelled the Middle East.

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S1 E1 - Vengeance
August 15, 2021
57min
16+
In September 2001, mass murder in New York and Washington propels the United States and its allies into an unwinnable 20 year war in Afghanistan.
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S1 E2 - Fiasco
August 22, 2021
55min
13+
The United States invades Iraq seeking to remake the Middle East, but overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime creates chaos.
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S1 E3 - Black Flag
August 29, 2021
55min
13+
In 2014, Islamic extremists parading black flags swept across northern Syria and Iraq smashing the Iraqi Army before declaring a Caliphate across a vast area.
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S1 E4 - Twin Pillars
September 5, 2021
55min
13+
In response to 9/11, the US-led invasion of Iraq strengthens Iran's influence across the Middle East and sharpens its rivalry with Saudi Arabia throughout a long and bloody proxy war in Yemen.
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