Corruption and family loyalty pull against each other in Breaking Bones, a Syrian crime drama that follows a well-connected man who runs illegal smuggling networks through corrupt police contacts, while his own son wears the badge and hunts down outlaws for a living.
What is Breaking Bones about?
The series centers on Al-Hakam, a powerful figure whose reach extends into the local police force, letting him move contraband with the protection of officers who look the other way. His son Rayan stands on the opposite side of that line: a working police officer assigned to chase down the same kind of criminals his father quietly protects. That contradiction sits at the center of every episode, as loyalty to family and loyalty to the law keep pulling Rayan in directions he cannot reconcile. Told across half-hour episodes, the show builds its tension less through spectacle than through the slow unraveling of a household built on a secret its youngest member refuses to see.
About the cast
The cast is led by Walaa Azzam and Ahmad Al Ahmad, with Mohammad Hadaki, Rashid Assaf, and Karam Al Shaarany rounding out a large ensemble. Director Ali Mueen Saleh keeps the focus tight on the two-generation conflict at the show's heart rather than spreading the story across a wide cast of subplots.
Context & significance
Breaking Bones arrives as part of a wave of Syrian television drama built around crime, corruption, and the institutions meant to police both. The genre has a long history in the region's television calendars, where crime family narratives often stand in for larger questions about state and society without stating them outright. This 2022 series fits squarely into that tradition, using one household's contradictions to sketch a broader picture of a justice system compromised from the inside.
Watching Breaking Bones on Ktime
Breaking Bones is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, making the series accessible to Farsi-speaking viewers without needing the original Arabic audio. The page itself is free to browse; watching the series requires only a free K-Time account login, part of the platform's broader library of Persian-focused streaming built for the Iranian diaspora.