- Title: Syrians rally in Idlib to mark the 14th anniversary of the uprising
- Date: 15th March 2025
- Summary: IDLIB, SYRIA (MARCH 15, 2025) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE OF RALLY MARKING THE 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYRIAN UPRISING / SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES STANDING GUARD IDLIB, SYRIA (MARCH 15, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CROWDS DURING RALLY SIGN READING (Arabic): 'From here we started and to Damascus we arrived." VARIOUS OF SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES STANDING GUARD DURING R
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- Keywords: ANNIVERSARY IDLIB SECURITY SYRIA UPRISING
- Location: IDLIB, SYRIA
- City: IDLIB, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001908515032025RP1
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- Story Text: Syrians in Idlib rallied on Saturday (March 15) to mark the 14th anniversary of the Syrian uprising.
"For the first time, all Syrians across Syria are celebrating the victory of the Syrian revolution," said Idlib resident Ali Sultan who attended the rally.
Rebels led by now-Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa's Sunni Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group ousted Assad's government at the end of 2024.
Assad fled to Russia, leaving behind some of his closest advisers and supporters, while Sharaa's group led the appointment of an interim government and took over Syria's armed forces.
Assad's overthrow ended decades of dynastic rule by his family marked by severe repression and a devastating civil war that began as a peaceful uprising in 2011.
The war - in which Western countries, Arab states and Turkey backed the rebels, while Russia, Iran and militias loyal to Tehran backed Assad - became a theatre for proxy conflicts among a kaleidoscope of armed factions with different loyalties and agendas.
It has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions of Syrians.
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