Al-Assad Participates in Eid al-Fitr Prayers

Local Editor

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad participated on Friday the prayers of Eid al-Fitr [the Festival of Fast-Breaking at the end of Ramadan] at al-Hamad Mosque in Damascus.

Following the prayers, al-Assad listened to the Eid sermon delivered by Sheikh Mohammad Sharif al-Sawwaf, who led the prayers.

"Our country, the Levant, has been blessed by God, and it has remained present and kept being renewed over more than ten thousand years despite the events and calamities it went through," said al-Sawwaf.

The land of Syria, he said, is "the land of prophets and holy messages" and Damascus is where Islamic civilization "shone in all its glory".

Sheikh al-Sawwaf went on saying in his sermon that the Syrians today are "writing a glorious history with them sticking firmly to their land and defending their religion and civilization."

The people of Syria, he added, are fending off from the entire humanity the guile of those who have wished it ill, and the Syrian army is fighting the "battles of honor in defense of the sanctities."

Al-Sawwaf noted in his sermon that al-Assad is a believer of the true Islam and a defender of Arabism, guided by a clear vision, an unshakable adherence to genuine values and a strong confidence in his army and people.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team