Video: On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path

In a matter of days, Syria’s capital — as soon as the stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s authorities — turned the epicenter of a brand new chapter within the nation’s historical past after opposition forces overran town. Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times correspondent, traveled to Damascus to learn the way residents have been reacting to the sudden breakthrough within the 13-year civil warfare as greater than 5 many years of brutal rule by the Assad dynasty come to an finish.