The focus for the U.S.. after Assad's ouster has been on the historic moment for Syria. Left unsaid: The turmoil could be good news for the U.S.

Brookings Institution Research in Foreign Policy Program Director Michael O’Hanlon talked about the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, what to expect from the rebel alliance now asserting control there,

For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria's political debacle, seeing no viable partner.The United States needs to address real concerns about the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda but "as far as getting involved in arranging the politics of Syria,

Change in the approximate areas controlled by the different forces between December 3 and 9 Territories under control of Bashar al-Assad government FDS (Kurdish-led) Israeli army 100 km Aleppo Homs Daraa The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above.