Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled.The rally in Damascus’s Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president’s supporters.Activists called on people to hold similar demonstrations in the major cities of Homs…
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