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| Rebels attack Assad motorcade |
| 2013-08-08 |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian state television broadcast footage on Thursday of President Bashar al-Assad attending prayers at a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr after opposition reports of an attack of his motorcade. Islam Alloush of the rebel Liwa al-Islam Brigade told Reuters earlier on Thursday that rebels fired rockets which hit Assad's motorcade as he was heading to attend the prayers at Anas bin Malek Mosque in the Malki district, where his residence is located. Other activists also reported rockets were fired into the Malki area. Assad appeared unharmed in the footage. |
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