Syrians mark a month since al-Assad’s overthrow with concert in capital

A woman holds up the flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers, as people celebrate in Damascus, Syria [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters]

It’s been a month since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, ending more than five decades of his family’s rule in Syria and almost 14 years of civil war. Al-Assad escaped to Russia on December 8 and has not been seen since.

On Wednesday night, thousands attended a concert in the capital Damascus to celebrate the uprising, a day which some Syrians thought would never come.