Alwaght- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed on Friday Eid al-Adha prayers at Sayyedna Bilal Mosque in Qara city in Qalamoun recently liberated from ISIS terrorists.
Eid al-Adha or 'Feast of the Sacrifice' is one of Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of obedience to God's command.
Sheikh Ma’moun al-Qadiri, who led the prayers, stressed in his sermon the sublime meanings of Hajj that no one should be prevented from performing, referring to the Saudi authorities’ preventing of Syrian pilgrims from performing Hajj for several years now.
He highlighted the great sacrifices made by the Syrian army’s personnel in the course of protecting the homeland, which have led to achieving victories.
Sheikh Ma’moun addressed President al-Assad saying “Thanks to your patience and wisdom, supported by the people and army, you are leading the homeland towards safety."
"Today, we say the Eid came back this year accompanied with a great victory for our army in Qalamoun, and this victory is crowned with your Excellency’s presence among your people in the Qara of Qalamoun,” he added.
On August 19, Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched a joint operation to evict ISIS terrorists from Qalamoun, located about 330 kilometers north of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The city was liberated from ISIS terrorists by 28 August following a successful offensive which marked a major victory in the war on terror along the Syria-Lebanon border.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in televised address on Monday that the battle against ISIS terrorists in Qalamoun has achieved all its objectives, describing the evacuation of the Takfiris from the rugged mountainous region as “the second
