Ashura Ceremony Held in Sayyeda Zeinab: Syria

Al-Ahed news, Damascus

Ashura ceremony was held in the holy shrine Sayyeda Zeinab (peace be upon her) in the Syrian capital, Damascus on Thursday, and the shrine has been re-lighted for the first time in two years.
Lovers of Ahlulbeit (Prophet Mohamad's household peace be upon them) headed to the Zeinabiyya area to commemorate Ashura from around the world.
The shrine neighborhoods had suffered infrequent periods of terrorist attacks since mid-March 2011, but the Syrian army has cleared on Wednesday the last region of militiamen stronghold in the neighborhood - Hojeira and Ghorba - following fierce clashes with militant opposition groups.
Despite the risks arising from armed terrorist groups attacks, visitors of Sayyeda Zeinab (as) coming from Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere, had spent the night next to her holy shrine.

Some Lebanese visitors who were at the shrine told al-Ahed news "We have come from Beirut's Dahiyeh to pay the pledge to Sayyeda Zeinab (as) despite the hardships, the rockets, and the threats launched by the terrorist takfiris, and we assure it by our loud scream "At your service O Zeinab".

Head of the social committee in Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, Sheikh Ayman al-Ahmad on his turn assured that the day of Ashura passed smoothly, without security breaches, and the services fulfilled the needs of the visitors.

Source: Al-Ahed News