Tracks East

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

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

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

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

Tracks meets collaborators of the world’s most-streamed artist to understand the political nature of their music.

Tracks followed some of the main protagonists of the Korean underground scene as they came to France's Nuit Sonores electronic festival.

How a wardrobe malfunction resulted in the creation of Youtube

Meet the artist who thinks letters are sexy

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?

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

Mozart’s most famous opera from the Aix-en-Provence festival with a star-studded cast.

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

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Why are hundreds of French people moving to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank? Data Sources investigates.

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

Blending neo-soul, R&B and pop influences, Aby Coulibaly crafts intimate musical worlds drawn from her roots and everyday life.

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

Cathy is mourning the loss of her husband, surrounded by her family who are loving, but not always kind.

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