Assad meets figures for 'iftar' Ramadan meal: SANA

At the gathering, the president praised the Syrian people for "standing as one with the armed forces to defend Syria and its resources."
The UN says more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war, which broke out in March 2011 after the regime unleashed a brutal crackdown against widespread protests calling for political change.
The government has consistently blamed the violence in Syria on foreign-backed "terrorist" groups.
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