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In this insightful doc, we follow the first Arab battalion fighting for Israel.

In 1971, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE ceased to be part of Britain's empire in the Middle East and became fully independent states. This film, a collaboration between BBC News Arabic and BBC News Persian, uncovers the secrets that lay behind the process of decolonisation. The story has never been told as a full-length documentary. Among the film's revelations are newly discovered documents showing how the UK and Iran secretly agreed on the handover to Iran of three strategic islands that the emergent UAE regarded as its own. The documentary also includes, for the first time on film, eye-witness accounts of a British-organised coup d'état against Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan al Qassemi of Sharjah. Rare archive footage from Britain's colonial days and dramatic reconstructions help bring these long-buried secrets to life.

In northern Morocco, cannabis farms stretch as far as the eye can see. This illegal trade is a lucrative one, yet many of the half a million Moroccans farming the crop live between poverty and fear. Shot across North Africa and Europe, this doc investigates the lives of the farmers, consumers in the West and the web of money and politics behind the world's largest exporter of cannabis resin.

Lebanon's economy is on life support

Gas flaring has long been known to be both a major polluter and a serious health hazard. In Iraq, it's ruining ordinary people's lives, leaving communities ravaged by abnormally high levels of cancer. With oil giants like BP using a loophole to avoid reporting emissions, and governmental promises to end the practice ringing hollow, what will it take to eradicate toxic pollution from Iraq's skies?

Co-produced by RBB - Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, ARTE Germany, ARTE France, and BBC Arabic, the TV documentary 'Taking on the Wall' examines the lives of Palestinians who work in Israel on construction sites. Co-directed by Daniel Carsenty and Mohammed Abugeth, the film was first aired on May 23rd 2017 in Germany and France.

Using innovative masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of two people who identify as queer who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests. Forced to choose between sex work and asylum, Jamal chooses to stay and Laila chooses to go.

The hidden reality of racism in Tunisia

In the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan is the heavily guarded military base of Komala - the Revolutionary Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

BBC News Arabic's undercover investigation exposes the people in Kuwait breaking local and international laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a child for sale.

In the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan is the heavily guarded military base of Komala - the Revolutionary Party of Iranian Kurdistan. It's a magnet for young Iranian Kurds who risk everything to make the perilous trek from the Islamic Republic. For the first time, BBC News Arabic's Namak Khoshnaw - himself a Kurdish refugee from the days of Saddam Hussein - has been given unique access to film with Komala. The film follows a group of young men and women as they undergo three months of rigorous military training before qualifying as peshmerga - Kurdish guerrilla fighters - and become full members of Komala. Komala has several thousand male and female peshmerga fighters in Iraq. They frequently mount illegal cross-border operations to show their presence in neighboring Iranian Kurdistan, where they maintain a secret network by what they say are non-violent political activities. Komala has told the BBC they've given up their armed struggle against Iran. But the Iranian government says Komala is a terrorist group.

The Palestinians wielding cameras against Israeli violence

Policing Baghdad is a monumental task. The city has suffered decades of bloodshed owing to war, insurgency, invasion, aerial bombing, and sectarian killing. These ravages have mutilated the city's infrastructure and eroded social bonds. Domestic violence, suicide and child abandonment are all on the rise, and there's no longer a welfare system to pick up the pieces. Baghdad's underworld is brutal, and tribal conflicts and honour killings add to the turmoil. The Baghdad police force is the only institution trying to hold the city together. But they're weak and mismanaged, and have a reputation for corruption. In the midst of it all is Major Aziz Nasser, trouble-shooter for Baghdad's chief of police. Major Aziz is always on the move, driving through the night, visiting station after station. His brief is wide-ranging : investigate any case, sort out mess, and restore credibility to the police. We watch him question a man who murdered a woman at her own wedding. We hear a blind woman beg him for a temporary transfer for her son, a policeman whose five brothers, also policemen, have all been killed on duty. We watch him trying to find a safe home for five small children found abandoned in a mosque. Major Aziz is recognised wherever he goes. He claims to have 12,000 social media hits a day. In the street people stop him to thank him, seek his help or simply take a selfie. But his public image is little protection in a police force run on personal loyalty and private influence. While this film was being shot, Major Aziz was summarily sacked. It was a complete surprise - the shock was evident, the tears very real. But when he recovered his composure, he called his friends and benefactors.

Kurds of the Caliphate For over a year Kurdish forces have united in defence against bloody IS attacks. So how have Islamic State still managed to recruit hundreds of young Kurds to fight for the Caliphate against their own families? BBCArabic investigation.

In November 2014 Namak Khoshnaw follows a young woman as she negotiates to free Yazidi women being held captive by Islamic State fighters in Northern Iraq. the director presented with the New Ground Award at the 2017 International Media Awards.

This film is the diaries of Lebanese Journalist who has spent 72 hours with the protesters in Beirut. Those were the three days that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad al Hariri. The demonstrations are still on-going in the country and this film shows the peaceful protesters and how they toppled the government.

Brigadier-General Sarhad Qader has a dangerous job. As police chief of the oil rich region of Kirkuk in Northern Iraq, he's survived more than a dozen assassination attempts over the years as warring factions competed for power. Now it's even tougher. Since June, his patch has been right on the front line with ISIS or Islamic State group. The BBC's Arabic Service spent time with him and his men as they battle to defend their city.

The Wagner Group is a shadowy Russian private military contractor renowned for their secrecy. Now, two former employees have unveiled the motivations of those who join the mercenary group. Involved in the Libyan civil war, Wagner's mercenaries have been accused of war crimes - including mining and booby trapping civilian houses - and have access to weapons so sophisticated, they are alleged to be Russian military supplies. Just what goes on within this mysterious group, renowned for their brutality?

Iraq: The women healing a traumatised nation In the past 40 years Iraq has endured three major wars, a violent coup, two invasions, a decade of bombing, two insurgencies, attack by the so-called Islamic State group, and a sectarian civil war. Living through such relentless bloodshed has taken a heavy toll on the nation's mental health. More than one third of Iraqi children are thought to have moderate to severe mental illness. This film tells the stories of children and adults who, as a result of extreme trauma, are suffering a severe physical impairment such as the inability to talk or walk and the brave female doctors, social workers and psychiatrists battling against the odds to help heal a nation. BBC Arabic's documentary Iraq: A State of Mind explores the mental health crisis that's gripped the Iraqi people.