Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed Eid al-Fitr prayers on Wednesday in the western city of Homs.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed Eid al-Fitr prayers on Wednesday in the western city of Homs.

SANA news agency reported that Assad attended Eid al-Fitr prayers at al-Safa Mosque in Akrama neighborhood in Homs.

Large parts of Homs were once under the control of insurgents fighting the Syrian government, but since May 2014 they have been confined to a single neighborhood in the city's outskirts.

State television broadcast footage of the president in the congregation alongside Islamic Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdel-Sattar Sayyed and Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun.

Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim religious holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.