The Crescent-Moon Sighting Committee on Thursday announced Friday as the first day of Eid el-Fitr. The announcement came after a meeting of the committee, which convened Thursday evening for the sake of ensuring the crescent-moon was officially sighted. As the crescent was duly sighted, therefore the first day of the Eid el-Fitr was set as Friday, a statement by the committee said. Prior to the Kuwaiti announcement, a similar sighting was declared officially in Saudi Arabia, the largest GCC state.