December 8, 4am: We made our way from Beirut to the Masnaa border with Syria because reports were coming in that Damascus had fallen ... The last time I drove this road was in 2011.

Less than a day after rebels took Damascus in a lightning fast offensive, abandoned Syrian military tanks littered the road. A handful of posters of Mr. al-Assad remained intact on billboards over ...

The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family, the Assads.

The road to Damascus is still littered with signs of the fighting. All along the highway, men are tearing down banners and posters bearing the faces of deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad and his father.

Syria-Lebanon border to DAMASCUS, Syria – The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family – the Assads. At the border crossing ...