- The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty The Associated Press
- Live updates: Assad flees as Syria rebels capture Damascus CNN
- From doctor to brutal dictator: the rise and fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad The Guardian
- Syrian government falls, ending 50-year rule of Assad family The Associated Press
- Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty The Wall Street Journal