Thousands take to streets and public squares in Syria to mark 14 years since country’s conflict began

From the capital Damascus, to the country’s largest city of Aleppo in the north, to Idlib from where the offensive was launched late last year to end the Assad family’s five-decade rule, men, women and children waved Syrian flags and chanted in celebration. (AP video by Ghaith Alsayed, Production by Ali Sharafeddine)