Syrians were set to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising on Saturday in public demonstrations in Damascus and other cities for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled.

At age 15, he’d joined the Spartacists, a faction of Trotskyites, but “I became disillusioned with the sparts, and disillusioned by participatory democracy—and none too keen on ...

Saturday’s explosion came as Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the uprising against former president Bashar al-Assad, the first such commemoration since he was toppled by Islamist-led rebels in ...

Syrians celebrate 14th anniversary of civil war's start, marking Assad's fall. Rebel victory ends Assad family's 54-year rule in Syria; interim government faces challenges. Helicopters drop flowers to ...