Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future, after the armed opposition forces seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, ending a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule.The lightning advance of the Military Operations Administration spearheaded by “Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate, marked one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations. Al-Assad’s fall wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Moscow gave asylum to al-Assad and his family, Russian media reported and Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, said on his Telegram channel on Sunday.International governments welcomed the end of the al-Assads’ autocratic government, as they sought to take stock of a new-look Middle East.US President Joe Biden said Syria is in