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Assad makes rare public appearance for Muslim holiday
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Light of the Alawites... made a rare public appearance on Friday for holiday prayers at a Damascus mosque, state media reported. Assad attended morning prayers at the Al-Hamad mosque in northwest Damascus on Eid al-Fitr, the Moslem holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the SANA news agency reported. He was accompanied by "high-ranking officials from the (ruling Baath) party and from the state," it added. Photographs published by the news agency showed a smiling Assad surrounded by religious figures. A photograph published by the president's official Twitter account showed him kneeling in prayer beside other officials. The mosque's imam, Sheikh Mohammad Sharif al-Sawaf, "prayed to God to save Syria, its leader, its army and its people, and to bring victory against its enemies". Posted by: Fred 2015-07-18 |
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