World & Nation
Syrian rebels have made their largest gains in years, threatening a fragile status quo in the country.
California
History buffs from around the country flock to Orange County to reenact the 1860s fight to preserve the Union and end slavery.
Killings, including a notorious massacre, in a Syrian suburb left residents wanting revenge. Then they heard a militia leader was going to be hanged.
Politics
Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party energized by Donald Trump’s brash brand of politics.
Rebels took over the city of Hama, upending a long-running stalemate in Syria’s civil war.
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is the most prominent Lebanese politician to visit Syria since the Assad family’s 54-year rule ended two weeks ago.
Loved ones are now searching for the estimated 150,000 people who were detained and disappeared in Bashar Assad’s Syrian government gulags.
In Syria, insurgents entered towns just north of the central city of Homs, opposition activists and pro-government media say.
Secretary of State says U.S. officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that overthrew President Assad but is designated a terrorist organization.
Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, a day after storming it with little resistance from government troops.