Syria-Lebanon border to DAMASCUS, Syria – The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family – the Assads. At the border crossing ...

Here's the latest map of control in Syria ... government's fall and tearing down statues of Hafez al-Assad. Notably, Damascus and its countryside is shaded opposition green for the first time ...

December 8, 4am: We made our way from Beirut to the Masnaa border with Syria because reports were coming in that Damascus had fallen ... The last time I drove this road was in 2011.