On the ground in Damascus as Syrians chart a new path

In just a few days, the Syrian capital – once a stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government – became the focus of a new chapter in the country’s history after opposition forces overran the city. Christina Goldbaum, a reporter for the New York Times, traveled to Damascus to find out how people reacted to the sudden breakthrough in the 13-year civil war over five decades of brutal rule by the Assad dynasty. is about to end.