- Behind Afghanistan’s Fall, U.S.-Backed Militias Worse Than the Taliban (nytimes.com)
- Assad’s fall to Islamist rebels in Syria unsettles region’s autocrats (washingtonpost.com)
- Gabbard, Trump Intel pick who visited Assad, meets with senators after dictator’s fall (washingtonpost.com)
- Abu Mohammad al-Jolani spearheaded a lightning assault that led to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad (nytimes.com)