Syria war updates: Opposition grants soldiers amnesty after al-Assad’s fall

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• Syria’s new administration moves to form a government and is expected to announce the head of the transitional administration soon.
• The opposition forces who have overthrown President Bashar al-Assad say they are granting amnesty to all military personnel conscripted into service under the former ruler.
• Rescue teams and relatives of disappeared people are searching for their loved ones at the notorious Sednaya Prison in Damascus after the fall of al-Assad’s government.
• The Kremlin confirms al-Assad has been given asylum in Russia after fleeing a lightning advance by opposition forces.
• Israel says it has “seized” territory in Syrian-controlled areas of the Golan Heights and hit weapons sites in the country.
• In his first speech since seizing Damascus, Ahmad al-Sharaa, also referred to as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says al-Assad’s fall is the beginning of a “new history” for the region.