On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path

[Christina Goldbaum, Nikolay Nikolov, Christina]

In a matter of days, Syria’s capital — once the stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government — became the epicenter of a new chapter in the country’s history after opposition forces overran the city. Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times correspondent, traveled to Damascus to find out how residents were reacting to the sudden breakthrough in the 13-year civil war as more than five decades of brutal rule by the Assad dynasty come to an end.

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