NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Robert Ford, former U.S. ambassador to Syria, about what it means for the region. Syria's nearly 14-year civil war has taken a dramatic turn. A group once linked to al ...

NPR's Leila Fadel, Jane Arraf, and Ruth Sherlock share their reporting from Syria more than a week after the fall of the Assad regime. In Damascus, Syria, where we're asking what a new Syria ...

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: When you visit some of the poorer ... FADEL: He served before the war in Syria started over a decade ago, and she hasn't seen him in years. He was detained by Assad's regime ...

And, Leila, I spoke with a senior U.S. military ... that they will be equally safe in this new Syria. FADEL: And not to mention all of the outside influences, right? Turkey's influence.