‘I Was a Stranger’: Syrians Flee Aleppo

Urban warfare ravages the city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.

A family suffers during the chaos in Aleppo, in "I Was a Stranger." Angel Studios

PG-13 | 1h 43m | Drama | 2026

The suffering depicted in this film is directly attributable to the Assad regime and their Iranian allies. Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has since fallen. Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian Quds commander, was in charge of foreign operations, such as the regime’s intervention in the Battle of Aleppo. He has since faced eternal judgment when the first Trump administration accurately targeted him with a surgical drone strike.