President Bashar al-Assad shared the "iftar" meal during the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan with political and religious figures
Sunday, praising Syrians for supporting the army, state news agency SANA
said.
Assad "joined an iftar (evening) meal... with prominent figures in Syrian society including party-affiliated and independent politicians, as well as Muslim and Christian clerics, syndicates, unions and civil society members," SANA said.
At the gathering, the president praised the Syrian people for "standing as one with the armed forces to defend Syria and its resources."
The UN says more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war, which broke out in March 2011 after the regime unleashed a brutal crackdown against widespread protests calling for political change.
The government has consistently blamed the violence in Syria on foreign-backed "terrorist" groups.
[AFP]
Assad "joined an iftar (evening) meal... with prominent figures in Syrian society including party-affiliated and independent politicians, as well as Muslim and Christian clerics, syndicates, unions and civil society members," SANA said.
At the gathering, the president praised the Syrian people for "standing as one with the armed forces to defend Syria and its resources."
The UN says more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war, which broke out in March 2011 after the regime unleashed a brutal crackdown against widespread protests calling for political change.
The government has consistently blamed the violence in Syria on foreign-backed "terrorist" groups.
[AFP]
From the official Syrian presidency Instagram account.
Asma al-Assad, the Syrian First Lady, chats to volunteers from Melody of Life while preparing an Iftar dinner for families.[Al jazeera]
Asma al-Assad, the Syrian First Lady, chats to volunteers from Melody of Life while preparing an Iftar dinner for families.[Al jazeera]
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