With Syria's Assad Gone, His PM Agrees to Hand Power to Rebel Administration

MIDDLE EAST - DAMASCUS. Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prime minister said he had agreed on Monday to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, a day after the rebels seized the capital Damascus and Assad fled to Russia.

The imminent transfer of power follows 13 years of civil war and the end to more than 50 years of brutal rule by the Assad family, leaving Syrians at home and millions of refugees abroad hopeful yet deeply uncertain about their country's future.