Sara
Sara, open. It's Wadeeh
Please, Wadeeh
Please, leave. I don't want problems
Why are you crying?
Open the door and let me see you Come on
Please, leave. Please
- Come on, dear - Five and two
Well done
I'm trying to cheat
Cheater!
Six and Six
Two
- Come on - Two
- Three and two. I locked your pawn - Give them to me
Boss
- "Salma Exchange Company" - It's your lucky day
Hold on
Yes?
I'm calling on behalf of Salma Exchange Company
You passed by us and wanted to sell a check
- Have you sold it or not yet? - Not yet
But as far as I know, your company was closed by the police
We always have solutions, sir
The manager accepted to see you to agree on rates, taking the check
and giving you the money
Where would we meet?
In our office
- Today? - Now, if you'd like
Get ready and go to the cars
Abdul Razak
- Peace be unto you - Peace be unto you
Peace be unto you
- Peace be unto you - Peace be unto you
Abdul Razak, come
Come on, guys! Mention God In the name of God!
- In the name of God - Abu Al Waleed
I brought you the best mansaf in the whole region
- Thank you. Mention God - In the name of God
Well, Abdul Razak?
Well?
- Dig in. It's so good - Leave it. Eat with us
Dig in
In the name of God
"Salma Financial Company"
Welcome, sir. The manager is expecting you
but I have to take you through the back door
It's okay. Hop in
Come on, sir
Is this the way?
They've been watching us closely lately, as you know
No problem
Please
Have a seat, please The manager will be right here
I don't accept this negligence
He can't give us the money there I have to get the money here
You're talking about a video call, too?
- How many times do I have to say it? - Ma'am
- Yes - He's here
Get lost
- Where is he? - I don't know. He was just here
His phone is off
- Close up, quickly - Sure
Don't open the office before I say so
Follow me. Watch my back until I get home
Sure
Sir
Mr. Wadeeh
Sir
Are you sleeping, sir?
Yes! I was sleeping, stupid What could I be doing?
There's a woman at the door She wants to talk to you
Don't open the door I'll be right down
What's wrong? What happened?
He kicked me out of Al Hayba
Forget about what happened, ma'am
I'm sure he was scared and left, that's all
Do you think? It must be what happened
- Goodnight - Goodnight
Keep your mouth shut
Fasten your seatbelts We will land in Al Hayba
Allah is the Greatest
I witness that there is no God but Allah
and that Mohammad is His Prophet
Come to pray Come to have success
Prayers have started Prayers have started
Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest
There is no Good but Allah
Stand in the first row
and don't leave any gaps for Satan
Know that the one who prays is invoking their God
Abdul Razak
Come and pray near me in the first row. Translate for him
Your brother proved his loyalty
He kept watching the sky day and night
He only wants to guarantee our safety and the success of our mission
- Ask God to bless him, brothers - May God bless you
May God bless you
Start the prayer
Allah is the Greatest
In the name of God, the Merciful and the Great
Praise to Allah, the God of the worlds...
I searched high and low There's nobody there
The street is empty
Find me a place to spend the night
I'll try to figure it out
I can't let her stay here or kick her out
- Go - Yes, sir
"He took the bait"
"Jabal, I got there honey"
Okay, guys. Excuse me
- I have to go - Don't leave. We're chilling
- I have to wake up early... - Come
I want to sleep for a few hours
You don't need to
Of course, I do. Respect matters dear Engineer
These are the sweets to celebrate your safe return
- See you later - Hold on
What do you mean?
Come on!
You have to eat sweets to celebrate Ms. Sara's safe return
Enjoy
What is this?
What's going on between you and the engineer?
Answer
What's going on between you and the otter?
What are you laughing at?
What's going on between you and the filthy engineer. Answer!
God, spare us your wrath!
God, grant me patience God, I'm at your service!
Do you think I'm joking? Answer
Jabal
Has anyone told you before that the more you got mad
the more handsome you got?
- No. Nobody told me that - I mean it
Who are you? What are you?
I'm a stupid girl
I'm an investigative journalist
that came to Al Hayba as part of her job
and made the biggest professional mistake
She fell head over heels for the guy she suspected...
You
And I'm sorry I didn't follow my heart since day one
I would've had success faster
A journalist? And what about that population fund?
It's a trick
A plot, like the first time we met
I mean, nobody threw eggs at my car
No thugs stole my purse either
My work with Mona and Rima at the co-op was only to gain their trust
All this was staged so I could get to you
These were my tools
Me?
- Why is that? - Because I was suspecting you
Of what, exactly?
Of being ISIS's partner in smuggling the monuments
Are you serious?
And of abducting Doctor Hans who disappeared on your land
On my land? Who is that Doctor Hans?
He's an archeologist
He was following the smuggling of archeological pieces by ISIS here
My job is to find him
How nice!
What a story!
And why didn't you tell me?
You could have spared yourself the trouble of this filthy plot
Do you think that's how things are done?
What would you want from a stranger like me
that came to your region
after people had told here that you were wanted
and there was a lot of arrest warrants against you?
And above all, you had killed people
What would you have wanted her to do?
Would you have wanted that she'd tell you "Hello, Mr. Jabal"
"Sara Ibrahim an investigative journalist"?
How nice! The girl would have disappeared
Is that what you want? That I trust you right away?
After everything that happened between us how could you keep hiding this?
You were afraid to face me with your truth, right?
I was afraid you might think I'm lying too about our relationship
I need a new catchphrase now
God, teach me to be patient
I'm not sure if I should believe you or tell you that you're lying
I don't know what to do
Follow your heart
Don't make the same mistake I did
Look at my soul
What's your heart telling you now?
What is it saying?
What about that scum Wadeeh the dam engineer?
Wadeeh? Wadeeh is the mastermind of all this
What do you mean? Don't tell me he's not even an engineer!
Are you ready to listen?
"It all started when I was leaving Al Hayba and getting ready to travel"
"At that day, the ISIS truck was bombed"
"I headed toward the site of the bombing without considering the repercussions"
"I arrived but I couldn't continue any further with the car"
"So I left it"
"I continued on foot"
"I saw the burned bodies with my own eyes and I smelled the stench in the mountains"
"What first stood out was the license plate"
"Homs"
"The Arab Republic of Syria Ministry of Transportation - Homs"
"Central Bank of Syria"
"Al Hayba"
Oh my God! Oh my God!
Let go of me! Let go of me! Oh my God! Oh my God!
Oh my God!
- Wadeeh! Wadeeh! - Let go of me!
He knew his name and then he killed him
Just after he said his name
I heard what the militant said and I didn't let him know what I heard
Keep talking
I went with him
Can you drive?
I suggest you make a stop here to freshen up and have some rest
so you can continue on your way
"And then I went inside the Dam site"
"I started being suspicious of him"
Okay
"He became my target after that moment"
"And this is when I took the decision of starting to manipulate him"
I must get going
Let me send someone to escort you
No, there's no need for that at all
Okay, let me give you my number then
Let me know you're safe as soon as you reach your destination
"When I got back to the office I noticed that one of the cameras was shut down"
"I knew he was hiding something"
Okay
"I was hoping he'd like my perfume"
What a damn otter!
Wadeeh is affiliated to ISIS
It's a large operation
Gangs smuggling monuments in Europe are involved in this
Come with me
Come
Palmyra... they're looting the monuments and artefacts from over here
The trip starts through the region of Homs toward Kelfaya at the border
and then straight to Al Hayba over here
And Europe is the final destination
Where they give it a special corner at one of the museums
And when the artefacts are sold the profits are shared
The missing link about Hans before his disappearance
is how these monuments were being smuggled
as long as no smuggling operations were detected on the ground
"ISIS"
Who's this guy? I have a feeling I've seen him before
"That's Abu Al Waleed"
He's an ISIS field officer and his job is to transport the monuments
from Palmyra to the border
"ISIS control over archeological sites in Syria and Iraq"
"and its control over museums and historic citadels"
"turned ancient monuments into rubble"
"The terrorist group issued statements banning monuments"
"The Commission issued the order"
"of removing and destroying ancient monuments"
"These monuments are nothing but fetishes worshiped over God"
"That's why we will destroy them"
"We don't even care if they're worth billions of dollars"
"We do not care"
"The main question here..."
"These terrorist organizations and particularly ISIS..."
"Is it trading and smuggling monuments?"
"Is it funding its operations through selling monuments?"
"especially that some monuments are estimated in Europe"
"for a million Euros and 500 thousand Euros and 2 million Euros, etc."
"So is this terrorist group"
"which is controlling many archeological sites in Iraq and Syria"
"Be it Palmyra or Aleppo... is it trading these monuments?"
I want to...
What you're watching is part of the truth
and what's still hidden is even worse
They only destroyed 10% of the monuments to cover up stealing the rest
and this makes an essential part of their funding operations
And when Hans went there and started investigating this issue, he disappeared
The last thing I received from him is this video
which ISIS broadcasted on its websites
When the ISIS field officer met Wadeeh
he became the missing link we were looking for
It's a circle of evil-doers in every sense of the word
You're absolutely right it is a circle of evil-doers
I was suspicious of this evil-doer since day one
What?
Forget it
It's either his luck or his wit that saved him or maybe even both
What a pity!
This doesn't end with Wadeeh it's a very complicated operation
It starts in Palmyra and ends up in Europe
and it's crossing through your land
Damn it
How big is this thing?
How did they smuggle this through my land?
What's important now is that we identified the missing link
We still have to know how he's getting the monuments and how he's transporting them
Interpol reports say that there's a museum being built to host Palmyra's theater gate
3 pieces are still missing
One, two
and this is the third piece It's the crown of the gate
Then it will be complete
One second
This is it?
How did you get this video?
You have your reports...
And I have mine
So we're searching at the same place
These monuments didn't reach Wadeeh yet
They shouldn't
That damn otter is one devious scumbag
He's got himself covered
and he has a plan ready for his escape if his cover is exposed
I'm sure he will make us play with his cards
Some we know and others we don't know
The Islamic State is backing him and the water valve is under his control
He can turn off the water whenever he wants
and he may poison people too if he wishes so
That's what we know and who knows what remains hidden
Why did you mention the Islamic State and not ISIS?
Why did you use the origin of the name?
Good question
I need a smoke
And as the Americans say it's the Islamic State
Listen, I hate politics
But politics...
For someone like me...
It's destiny, not a matter of choice
We overcame wars and atrocities
it was a life like no other ever since the days of Sultan
But without politics you can never win a war
And over here... I'm a leader
I'm here in one of the most sensitive regions around
and the leader in every battle should never underestimate his opponent
You understand now why I prefer this name over the other?
So...
It's a State, it's Islamic, Iraq, Damascus
ISIS
We shouldn't use the small abbreviation
We should use the full name and give it the importance it needs
we should confront it and call it by its name
Here's our friend
What does he want?
"Thank you for the lovely invitation"
Show me
He's one affectionate evil-doer
You're jealous?
I missed you
Now what?
I think I'm going to steal one of these pieces
This way I can nail him and bring him to his knees
Leave this to me
I started by fooling you
Let's do this together
How is that? Care to elaborate
I have something in mind but you have to listen to the end
and you have to agree
You have no other choice
I must go inside the dam