plans to launch a process to overhaul the Syrian constitution and reform institutions. He cautioned, however, it would take time. The country isn’t yet ready for elections, he said, because it remains in turmoil, and many Syrians remain displaced by the ...

At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who showed up for work huddled around Maj Hamza al-Ahmed,

Assad, appeared to give his first account of his flight from Syria in a statement posted to a Facebook account used by his presidency.

Syrian rebels, suddenly in charge, met a population bursting with emotions: excitement at new freedoms; grief over years of repression; and hopes, expectations and worries about the future.