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.

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking what the jihadist-backed groups called the “final phase” of their offensive against the government as protesters in ...

HTS, which has roots in al-Qaeda, is considered a terrorist group by the U.S. After a lightning 10-day offensive, rebel forces in Syria captured its capital, Damascus, and toppled the regime of ...