Image: Syrian President Bashar Assad attends celebration of Prophet Muhammad birth
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NBCNews.com   |  January 24, 2013

Syria's Assad makes rare TV appearance

Syrian state television broadcast pictures of President Bashar Assad attending a religious ceremony in a mosque in Damascus on Thursday, to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. The appearance came amid reported shelling of areas outside the capital. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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