Some normality is returning to the Syrian capital Damascus after a rebel alliance led by the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took over the city on Sunday. Residents of a district in the west of the city told dpa that some restaurants and shops have reopened and that people are visiting the city's markets.

Syria’s prime minister says most cabinet ministers are still at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad.

Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, tens of thousands of Syrians have resettled in the United States. After the shocking downfall of the Bashar al-Assad regime this month, host Anthony Brooks speaks with Rehab Alkadi,

Syria's long-running civil war came to a head over the weekend when Syrian rebels entered the capital city of Damascus and the government of President Bashar al-Assad collapsed. Russian state media later reported that Assad and his family had fled to Moscow.