In a seismic moment for the Middle East, Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus on December 8, forcing Assad to flee after more than 13 years of civil war and ending his family's decades-long rule.

Students returned to classes at Damascus University in Syria on Sunday, December 15, as the new leadership reopened educational facilities following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Video ...

Omar HAJ KADOUR/AFP/AFP Hundreds of students at Damascus University trampled on a statue of one of Syria's former rulers on Sunday, expressing jubilation as they returned to class a week after ...

Students returned to classes at Damascus University in Syria on Sunday, December 15, as the new leadership reopened educational facilities following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

This live page is now closed. You can continue to follow our coverage here. Explosions heard in Damascus as Israel carries out aerial bombardments ‘on strategic areas’ across Syria ...

Damascus has fallen. Once again. One of the oldest cities in the world has fallen. To rise again from its rubble, heralding a new order. In its rise and fall, Damascus has lessons for all ...

Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus's security compound. Now the Assad dynasty has been toppled, its dungeons ...

On the road to Damascus, New York Times reporters saw evidence ... SANA, Syria’s state-run news agency, has rebranded its logo with the three red stars of the Syrian opposition flag, and is ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Bashar Barhoum woke in his dungeon prison cell in Damascus at dawn Sunday, thinking it would be the last day of his life. The 63-year-old writer was supposed to have been ...

The Assad Regime has ended in Syria with rebels taking Damascus. NBC News' Richard Engel is on the ground in Damascus and NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell is at the White House with our reporting.