Damascus, (ST) - President Bashar Al-Assad and his Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, exchanged congratulations on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, during a telephone conversation between them yesterday.

Damascus, (ST) - President Bashar Al-Assad performed the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at Al-Hassan Mosque in Al-Midan neighborhood in Damascus.

The Minister of Endowments, a number of state and party officials, a number of members of the People's Assembly, a group of Islamic scholars and an audience of citizens performed the prayer with President Al-Assad.

Sheikh Muhammad Bashar Turkmani who led the prayer emphasized the meanings of the Eid which are ones of solidarity, cohesion and tolerance. He pointed out that with the coming of Eid Al-Fitr the attacks of the Zionist occupation entity on the occupied Palestinian lands and Islamic and Christian holy sites continue, especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

President Bashar Al-Assad on Saturday issued legislative decree No. 7 for 2022, granting general amnesty for the terrorist crimes committed against the Syrians before April 30, 2022, except those that caused the death of people.

On April 24th, President Bashar Al-Assad and Mrs. Asma Al-Assad visited the monastery of Our Lady of Sednaya in Damascus countryside. 

President Al-Assad and Mrs. Asma congratulated the families, nuns and orphaned children on Easter.

President Al-Assad and Mrs. Asmaa also visited the Museum of the Agia Sophia Church and reviewed the manuscripts and historical icons it contains.

O. al-Mohammad 

President al-Assad issues a legislative decree to disburse a grant of 75,000 pounds to civil, military and retired workers in the State.

President Bashar al-Assad issued today, Thursday, the 21st of April 2022, Legislative Decree No. 4 to disburse a one-time financial grant with a lump sum of 75,000 Syrian pounds to civil and military state workers as well as pensioners.

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