In Syria, women begin to pick up the pieces of a broken nation.

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Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls to help the economy, experts say.

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A Libyan officer said the stepped-up flights from Russia and Syria delivered military gear.

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A Pentagon spokesman said the increase was unrelated to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to rebel forces in early December.

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The Russian president, in a marathon annual news conference, said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.

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The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. New York Times correspondents in Homs spoke to people who were reacting to his fall with smiles and tears.

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With the fall of al-Assad’s regime, the risk of an ISIS resurgence increases.

Because of Syria’s centrality in the Middle East, positive change there could radiate out in all directions.

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Editorial board writer Farah Stockman argues ending the sanctions on Syria is the best way for America to help stabilize the country following the collapse of the Assad regime.

As a new reality in Syria sets in, a reordering of regional power dynamics is already taking shape.

On Sunday at 3 a.m. my mother woke me with a shaky voice. All our phones were ringing, and the TV was loud. “He fell, Zaina. He fell. Assad fell.”

The end of al-Assad’s wretched regime unlocks many doors.

The debris of fallen tyrannies like al-Assad’s often carries a lingering fascination.

Understanding the factors that led to the Syrian regime’s collapse is key to putting the pieces of the country back together.

This time, when Bashar al-Assad started to fall, Russia was not there to catch him.

It is hard not to worry that Syrians’ sense of deep relief today could be followed by a new set of horrors tomorrow.

The rebel group H.T.S. was born as an Islamic State branch. But since pivoting from international jihad, it became dominant in Syria’s northwest.