Syrians have converged on a landmark Damascus mosque waving opposition flags and chanting – a scene that would have been unimaginable under the Assad regime.
Men, women and children gathered at Umayyad Mosque to celebrate the first Friday prayers since the overthrow of the former president Bashar al-Assad, later streaming into the city streets and squares.
The mass gathering was reminiscent of the early days of the 2011 uprising, when pro-democracy protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers in Syrian cities – though never in Damascus, long a stronghold of the Assad clan
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