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the holiday of Ramadan Bayram, also Heralded the name of Eid al-Fitr in day of Prayer and joy for Muslims about world on Friday. the celebration marred by tragedy in Sudan amid an outbreak of Conflict is there, while it came elsewhere against the background of Hopes for better future.

after Ramadan of By fasting, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr with holidays and family visits. the start of the holiday traditionally on view of the new Moon, which varies by geographic region location.

In Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, intermittent explosions of It was early shooting hours of Day feast. a deadly conflict in The vast African country that erupted in the past The week forced many people to house it indoors of the holidayEven water and food for civilians runs a little.

In East Jerusalem, thousands of The faithful gathered at the third holiest shrine in Islam, the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, as it was attacked by the Israeli authorities in the past Month. The complex also It hosts Judaism’s holiest sites.

the next holiday Prayers, joker I had fun children And the woman painted the cheek of girl with green and red black And the white Palestinian flag.

Streets of Arab capitals of Damascus, Baghdad and Beirut were crowded with Worshipers directed to mosques and cemeteries. Many Muslims visit the graves of their loved ones after the dawn prayer on the first day of Eid al-Fitr. Visitors carry bouquets of flowers, jugs of water for Plants and brooms for cleaning gravestones.

After the Eid prayers, they always visit us dead … We pray and respect them, may God have mercy on them and forgive them on Atheer Muhammad said in Adhamiya cemetery in Baghdad.

Islamic holidays follow Lunar calendar. but some countries He depends on Astronomical calculations rather than physical observations. This often leads to disagreements between religious authorities in Different countries – and sometimes in same country – over the start date of Eid al-Fitr.

This year, Saudi Arabia and many other Arab countries countries They started their holiday celebrations on Friday, while Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia, among others, set the first day of the holiday for Saturday.

in Sudan holiday smear a week of raging battles between the army and its rival paramilitaries forcewhich is locked in violent struggle to control the country. The fighting killed hundreds of people Thousands injured.

In a video message released early Friday, he told him first Speech since fighting broke out in Sudan general Major General Abdel Fattah Burhan expressed a tone of sadness of the holiday. Ruin and destruction and sound of lead her left no place for Happiness to all in Our beloved country deserves.

The previous day, Sudan military to rule out Negotiation with Paramilitary competitor forceknown as the Rapid Support Forces, saying it will only accept its surrender if both sides continue to do so battle in Central Khartoum and other parts of country, and threatens to be destroyed international Attempts to broker a sustainable moratoriumfire.

Until now in other parts of the regionThe recent rapprochement between arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran raised hopes for Hello.

In Yemen, a Saudi-Iranian rapprochement raised the possibility for Ending the civil war that has turned into a proxy conflict and has torn the country apart since 2014.

Saudi officials and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels recently began talks in The capital of Yemen of Sana’a. during the last days of Ramadan the warring parties exchanged hundreds of prisoners during the conflict.

However, this moment of Hope was marred by a stampede late Wednesday at a charity event in The rebel-held capital, which killed at least 78 people and wounded 77.

this year’s Eid al-Fitr also came on heels of intense violence in Israel and Palestine.

Alaa Abu Hatab and the rest of it daughter The holiday in Palestinian Gaza Strip by visiting cemeteries of his wife and four children who They were killed in an Israeli air strike on today of Eid al-Fitr in 2021. That hit also Abu Hatab’s sister was killed children.

Because they were killed in Eid I miss them especially on Eid al-Fitr. “I miss their laughter,” Abu Hatab said, standing next to his family grave with 6-year-old daughterMaria. the holiday became a spectacle of pain and loss.”

In Kabul, Afghanistan, where worshipers gathered under observation eyes of Its rulers are from the 35-year-old Taliban, said Abdul-Mateen wish This is in addition to the security we had good income and good Careers. Unfortunately, people You can’t afford it buy All they need in this difficult time.”

In Türkiye and Syria, many are still mourning the loved ones who have been lost in Destructive earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 struck Monday countries on Feb 6 killing more from 50,000 people.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on On Friday morning, he performs the Eid prayer at the Sixth Great Hagia Sophia Mosque.century Byzantine Church in Istanbul, which was turned into a mosque in Fifteenth century. Hagia Sophia has become a museum in In 1934, it was converted into a mosque three years ago.

Erdogan delivered out Chocolate and pastries for reporters outside The mosque.

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