The most aggressive espionage campaign in 2015 was run by Turkey’s MIT. Following the breakdown of the Turkish-Kurdish peace process in July 2015, MIT operatives flooded northern Syria and Iraq.

Forget exploding cars and satellite feeds. The "spy craft" here is terrifyingly mundane: a missed password, a wrong glance at a checkpoint, a SIM card hidden in a loaf of bread. Director Rebar Khidir wisely uses the geography of Northern Iraq—half-constructed buildings, dusty wadis , and crowded IDP camps—as a labyrinthine stage.

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