Syria Eid

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  Syrian Army Declares Temporary, Nationwide Truce

  The Syrian military declared a unilateral, three-day cease-fire for the entire country on Wednesday, with the start of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holidays that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, state media reported.

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  Islamic State Kills 3 Assyrian Christian Captives: Activists

  Islamic State militants have killed three Assyrian Christian captives who were among nearly 200 Christians abducted earlier this year in northeastern Syria, two human rights monitoring groups said today.

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  Between Devil and Deep Blue Sea: Syrian Children in Turkey

  In the Istanbul district of Esenyurt, during the Muslim holiday of Eid, a skinny Syrian boy counted his friends on his fingers.

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  Syria's Bashar al-Assad Makes Rare Public Appearance for Eid Prayers

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended holiday prayers at a Damascus mosque today, state media reported, in a rare public appearance for the embattled regime head.

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  Chattanooga Stirs US Muslims' Concerns About Radicalization

  Addressing his congregation on the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, Imam Mohamed Abdul-Azeez implored worshipers to combat Muslim extremism in the aftermath of a shooting rampage that killed five servicemen in Tennessee.

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  Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Rare Public Appearance for Muslim Holiday

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public appearance on today for holiday prayers at a Damascus mosque, state media reported.

• 21 people killed in Syria blast, reports

  Twenty-one people, including four children and six women, were killed when a minibus exploded in the southern town of Noa early today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

• Bashar Assad attends prayers in Damascus mosque: Syria TV

  Mortar rounds hit an upscale district of Damascus on Thursday as Syrian state TV broadcast images of President Bashar Assad attending prayers in the capital to mark the start of a Muslim holiday.

• 61 killed in Syria as truce collapses in several areas: NGO

  At least 61 people were killed on Friday in Syria on the first day of a truce to mark the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

• No Eid celebrations, just survival in Syria's Aleppo

  Like many Syrians living on the frontline of the war, Abu Hamid is not slaughtering a sheep this year and not celebrating Eid al-Adha. The only thing he's worried about is staying alive.

• Syria agrees to ceasefire during Eid holiday: Brahimi

  International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Wednesday that the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and that Damascus would announce the decision shortly.

• 'Slim' hope of truce as fighting rages on Syria battlefields

  Hopes of a truce being implemented in war-torn Syria during this week's Muslim Eid holidays are "slim," the Arab League said on Monday, as heavy fighting erupted in Damascus and on northern battlefields.

• Peace envoy Brahimi to visit Syria to work out Eid ceasefire

  The international mediator on Syria will go to Damascus in the next few days to try to broker a brief ceasefire in the war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebels during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival.

• United Nations monitors pull out of Syria

  United Nations military observers left Damascus on Monday after a four-month mission in which they became helpless spectators of Syria's spiralling conflict, instead of monitoring a ceasefire between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels.