LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: When you visit some of the poorer areas just outside Damascus, like Ghuzlaniyah, near the city's airport, it's easy to see why it all fell apart in just under two weeks ...

NPR's Leil Fadel asks Mahmoud Meslat, co-chair of the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces, whether Kurds in the semi-autonomous northwest region have a voice in the new government.

NPR's Leila Fadel, Jane Arraf, and Ruth Sherlock share their reporting from Syria more than a week after the fall of the Assad regime.