Exclusive footage and reports from Syria reveal the extensive destruction and challenges facing the new government months after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Journalists were granted access to key locations including Aleppo, Manbij, Damascus, Homs, Palmyra (Tadmor), the Syrian desert (badiya), and Deir Ezzor. Deir Ezzor remains heavily damaged, with entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble and its only bridge destroyed. The new authorities confront numerous underestimated challenges in rebuilding and governance amid the devastation. Notably, in Palmyra and Seydnaya, Syria's prominent cultural sites are juxtaposed with notorious prisons used by the Assad regime, highlighting the regime's strategy of placing its most feared detention centers near world heritage landmarks. This approach seemingly implicates visitors as witnesses to the regime's crimes. The footage and testimonies underscore the complex task of national recovery and the enduring scars left by the conflict across Syria.