Sat Dec 19, 2015 13:03:09
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visit a Damascus church during Christmas concert preparations.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visited members of a choir on Friday (December 18) during their Christmas concert preparations in a Damascus church.
The Syria Presidency and Syrian First Lady's social media pages published pictures and video of Assad and his wife with choir members at the Sayyedet Dimashq church, 2km from Jobar, where Syrian Army fighting terrorists.
Earlier on Friday mortars hit the surrounding area of the church without recording casualties.
Syrian Christians are said to make up 11 percent of the country's population.
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