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Syria: Assad attends Eid al-Adha service in Damascus٠٠:٠٣:٠٦
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended Eid al-Adha prayers at Al-Afram Mosque in Damascus on Wednesday.

Images show Assad attending the Eid prayers, and greeting officials and worshippers as he arrived at the mosque.

Eid al-Adha is the second of two globally celebrated holidays in Islam, the other Eid Al-Fitr, with the former honouring Ibrahim or Abraham's will to sacrifice his son to God before Jibra'il or Gabriel's intervention. Animals are often sacrificed on the holiday to remember Ibrahim's offering.

Syria: Assad attends Eid al-Adha service in Damascus

Syrian Arab Republic, Damascus
يونيو ٢٨, ٢٠٢٣ at ١٤:١٦ GMT +00:00 · Published

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended Eid al-Adha prayers at Al-Afram Mosque in Damascus on Wednesday.

Images show Assad attending the Eid prayers, and greeting officials and worshippers as he arrived at the mosque.

Eid al-Adha is the second of two globally celebrated holidays in Islam, the other Eid Al-Fitr, with the former honouring Ibrahim or Abraham's will to sacrifice his son to God before Jibra'il or Gabriel's intervention. Animals are often sacrificed on the holiday to remember Ibrahim's offering.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended Eid al-Adha prayers at Al-Afram Mosque in Damascus on Wednesday.

Images show Assad attending the Eid prayers, and greeting officials and worshippers as he arrived at the mosque.

Eid al-Adha is the second of two globally celebrated holidays in Islam, the other Eid Al-Fitr, with the former honouring Ibrahim or Abraham's will to sacrifice his son to God before Jibra'il or Gabriel's intervention. Animals are often sacrificed on the holiday to remember Ibrahim's offering.

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