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                     Syria Denies Attack on Assad Motorcade

   Syrian officials have denied reports that President Bashar al-Assad`s
   motorcade came under attack Thursday as he traveled to a mosque in
   Damascus.
   The rebel brigade Tahrir al-Sham said it fired artillery shells in the
   direction of the motorcade, and that some hit their target.
   Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi called reports of an attack
   completely false.
   State television broadcast video of Mr. Assad praying at a mosque in
   the capital Thursday, as part of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the
   end of Ramadan.
   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said mortar
   rounds hit the nearby Malki district of central Damascus, but did not
   confirm an attack on Mr. Assad`s motorcade.
   It is difficult to independently confirm events in Syria because of
   restrictions on international media.
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