BREAKING NEWS

Syria's Assad appears on TV for the first time in 3 weeks

Syrian state television aired footage of President Bashar Assad worshipping at a Damascus mosque on Thursday, marking Prophet Mohammed's day of birth on the Islamic calendar.
This is the first time Assad has made an appearance on national television since January 6.
Syria remains mired in civil war that has killed 60,000 as the conflict's beginning nears its second anniversary.