Frontline · SEASON 32
The Rise of ISIS
Episode 16 · 2014-10-28

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. As part of a special FRONTLINE series, correspondent Martin Smith reports from Iraq on how the country began coming undone after the American withdrawal and what it means for the U.S. to be fighting there again.
Season 32 episodes
1. To Catch a Trader2014-01-07
2. Secret State of North Korea2014-01-14
3. Syria's Second Front / Children of Aleppo2014-02-11
4. Generation Like2014-02-18
5. Secrets of the Vatican2014-02-25
6. TB Silent Killer2014-03-25
7. Solitary Nation2014-04-22
8. Prison State2014-04-29
9. United States of Secrets (1)2014-05-13
10. United States of Secrets (2)2014-05-20
11. The Battle for Ukraine / Syria: Arming the Rebels2014-05-27
12. Omarina's Story / Separate and Unequal2014-07-15
13. Losing Iraq2014-07-29
14. Hunting Boko Haram / Ebola Outbreak2014-09-09
15. The Trouble with Antibiotics2014-10-14
16. The Rise of ISIS2014-10-28
17. Firestone and the Warlord2014-11-18
18. Stickup Kid2014-12-17