On the face of it, the announcement was confusing because one would assume that the unit was already under the control of Damascus ... preserve his fief after the fall of Assad.

Rebel forces in Syria have ousted President Bashar al-Assad from power, ending more than half a century of brutal rule by the Assad family. Assad's downfall came less than two weeks after an ...

The US had the most to gain from the fall of Damascus, as they not only resolved a 13-year-old problem but have established good relations with the de facto authority in Syria. They have also ...

Rebels are asserting control in Damascus as questions loom over their plans. By The New York Times The rebels who ended the Assad family’s brutal rule in Syria began asserting control on Monday.

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last ... the rebels took over several cities before taking the capital of Damascus in less than two weeks. But that's not really what happened.

NBC News’ Richard Engel reports from Damascus, Syria, where celebrations have broken out following the fall of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Questions remain over how rebel factions will begin ...

Watch moreThe fall of the House of Assad: What next for Syria? In the capital itself, buildings stand almost unscathed despite more than a decade of war. In Damascus's Umayyad Square, crowds of ...

The Assad family’s decadeslong reign in Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning ... Biden on Sunday lauded the fall of the Assad regime.

See what happened. A man steps on a picture of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad as people enter his residence in Damascus' Malki area after Islamist-led rebels declared that they have ...