8 August 2013 Last updated at 02:14 ET
President Bashar al-Assad gave a speech on Sunday, according to SANA news agency
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.