Rebels have seized control of Syria’s capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia. And, President-elect Donald Trump reveals his plans to govern in first post-election network TV interview.

A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement.

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy discusses the impact of rebel forces toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria.

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The Syrian diaspora celebrates the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime but says there are still unanswered questions over what happens next.

“There is undoubtedly justified optimism in Syria today,” one analyst told NBC News. “What is simultaneously true is that Syria remains fragile and faces an uncertain future.”

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali expressed readiness to coordinate with the rebels after Bashar al-Assad fled to seek asylum in Russia.

Is it any surprise the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”?