Syria's Assad makes rare trip from Damascus for Eid prayers
Syria@@@s President Bashar al-Assad delivered prayers for Islam@@@s Eid al-Fitr holiday in Hama on Sunday, state media reported, in a rare trip outside Damascus and what seemed to be his first visit there since Syria@@@s war began in 2011.Rebels seeking to oust Assad have reached to within a few kilometers of the northern city of Hama as recently as March before the army and its allies pushed them back.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM