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Syria conflict: Assad seen after Damascus 'road attack' Syria conflict: Assad seen after Damascus 'road attack'
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Syrian state television has broadcast images of President Bashar al-Assad praying at a mosque after a reported attack on his convoy in Damascus.Syrian state television has broadcast images of President Bashar al-Assad praying at a mosque after a reported attack on his convoy in Damascus.
Islam Alloush of the militant Liwa al-Islam Brigade, told Reuters that rebel rockets hit his motorcade as it drove to the mosque in the Syrian capital.Islam Alloush of the militant Liwa al-Islam Brigade, told Reuters that rebel rockets hit his motorcade as it drove to the mosque in the Syrian capital.
Mr al-Assad appeared unharmed at the Anas bin Malek mosque in the Malki area, where his residence is located.Mr al-Assad appeared unharmed at the Anas bin Malek mosque in the Malki area, where his residence is located.
Other activists reported rockets were fired into the same part of the city.Other activists reported rockets were fired into the same part of the city.
Prayer services are being held to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.Prayer services are being held to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
All roads leading to al-Rawdha neighbourhood of Damascus, where the presidential office is, were closed for security reasons before the incident, Syrian opposition sources told the pan-Arab Saudi-owned Dubai-based al-Arabiya television station.All roads leading to al-Rawdha neighbourhood of Damascus, where the presidential office is, were closed for security reasons before the incident, Syrian opposition sources told the pan-Arab Saudi-owned Dubai-based al-Arabiya television station.
'Different convoy'
Firas al-Bitar, a rebel leader, told al-Arabiya that 17 mortars had targeted the presidential convoy. The opposition had been given advance information on Mr al-Assad's movements, he asserted.
But another of the president's opponents, Wahid Sagar, told Al Arabiya the president might have been in a different convoy to one which came under attack.
On Wednesday, Syrian government forces claimed to have killed more than 60 rebels in an ambush near Damascus.
Military sources quoted by the state news agency Sana said the victims were insurgents in the jihadist group, al-Nusra Front. They had been planning an attack on a military post, they said.
The news came as rights group Amnesty International released satellite images of Aleppo, one of Syria's biggest cities, showing how clashes between government and rebel forces had devastated built-up areas.