The demonstration in Damascus's Umayyad Square is the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president's supporters.
By the afternoon, dozens of people had gathered in the capital’s Umayyad Square, amid a heavy security presence and with military helicopters overhead dropping leaflets bearing the slogan “there is no room for hate among us”.
Many attendees waved the Syrian flag -- officially changed from one used under Assad to the design from the independence era -- and held signs reading “the revolution has triumphed”.
“I left Damascus 12 years ago because I was wanted, and I would have never had any hope of returning were it not for the liberation,“ she said.
Under bright sunlight, Abdul Moneim Nimr, 41, stood surrounded by his friends who raised a large flag and began dancing and singing.
'Justice, dignity and peace'
This year's commemoration marks the first since Assad was toppled on December 8 by Islamist-led rebels.
Hundreds also gathered at the main square in the rebels' former stronghold of Idlib, an AFP journalist saw, raising the flags of Syria and HTS amid a heavy security presence and despite the Ramadan fast and relatively hot weather.
Analysts have criticised the declaration, saying it grants too much power to Sharaa and fails to provide sufficient protection to the country's minorities.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, security forces and allied groups killed at least 1,500 civilians, mainly Alawites, in the violence that began on March 6.
He added in a statement that despite the brutal civil war, “the resilience of Syrians and their pursuit of justice, dignity and peace endure. And they now deserve a transition that is worthy of this.”
On the occasion of the anniversary, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council in northeast Syria reiterated its objection to the constitutional declaration, saying it “did not adequately reflect the aspirations of the Syrian people to build a just and democratic state”.
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