Syrian President Bashar Assad delivered prayers for Eid al-Fitr holiday in Hama on Sunday in a show of victory the Syrian government had garnered through years.

State television broadcast footage of Assad standing to pray in a large mosque in Hama behind its imam, with other clerics standing alongside and a large crowd of worshipers.

State news agency SANA quoted the preacher as saying that Assad’s presence in the city for Eid showed that victory and the return of security were only “a few steps” away.

Source: Agencies