![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420980.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420980.jpg?w=459&h=306&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420981.jpg?w=459&h=306&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420982.jpg?w=459&h=306&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420983.jpg?w=733&h=926&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420984.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420985.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420976.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420977.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]
![Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims' sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170831_2_25514552_25420978.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Eve of the Eid al-Adha in Damascus")
Sacrificial sheep at a livestock market set up for the Muslims’ sacrificial festival Eid al-Adha in Eastern Ghouta which has been under Bashar al-Assad regime’s blockade for 6 years, in Damascus, Syria on 31 August, 2017 [Anas Damashqy/Anadolu Agency]