Many Syrians remain apprehensive about how religious minorities, including Christians, will be treated in a new political reality being established by a Sunni militia that is still listed as a terror organization by the U.

Predicting Syria’s future is challenging, as the government’s sudden demise took many people who have watched the region for years by surprise.

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The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive. The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location,

After a 14-year struggle that started with the Arab Spring, and after more than a half-century in power, the Al-Assad regime in Syria has finally fallen. Syrian rebel forces swept across the country and entered Damascus with little or no resistance as the Syrian army melted away.

Multiple Arab and US officials told Bloomberg that a power vacuum could now be dangerous. Memories of Muammar Qaddafi’s Libya and Saddam Hussein in Iraq loom large in the region: In both countries, those entrenched rulers were swept aside in brief moments of euphoria,

Most of Monday's papers lead on the rebels toppling the Assad regime, as Syrians celebrate its fall.