Fourteen years ago in March 2011, Syrians marched through the streets of Damascus and Aleppo, demanding democratic reforms. Just days later, anti-government demonstrations spread across the country.
We all know what happened then. The government, led by dictator Bashar al-Assad, responded to the protests with lethal force, leading to a civil war which raged across the country and resulted in the deaths of an estimated half a million people, and sparked a refugee crisis as more than five million fled the country.
