Syria’s opposition leader on Monday began discussions on transferring power, a day after anti-government forces dramatically unseated president Bashar al-Assad following decades of brutal rule. Al-Assad fled Syria as opposition forces swept into the capital, bringing a spectacular end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.He oversaw a crackdown on a democracy movement that erupted in 2011, sparking a war that killed 500,000 people and forced half the country to flee their homes, millions of them finding refuge abroad.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Opposition leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, met with Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali “to coordinate a transfer of power that guarantees the provision of services” to Syria’s people, said a statement posted on the opposition groups’ Telegram channels.At the core of the system of rule that al-Assad inherited from his father Hafez was a