Defense Minister: Enemy’s Dreams Gone with the Wind

DAMASCUS, (ST)-“undoubtedly, the Syrian army is fighting terrorism on behalf of the whole world, “underscored Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces and Minister of Defense, Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij.

Al-Freij’s remark was made on Thursday during  a phone call with the state-run Television on the 68th anniversary of the foundation of the Syrian Arab Army.

Al-Freij extended a salute to the daring  members of the Syrian Arab Army, stressing: “right from the beginning, we have been confident of achieving  victory,”

“because of its strength and pan-Arab firm stances ,Syria’s enemies are always eying the Syrian army. Hence, the Syrian army has always been and continues to be the top preoccupation of those  enemies ,”underlined al-Freij.

The Defense Minister made it clear that Our army will continue to be the master  of patriotism, and no one will dare to fragment it.

“actually,Syria is not only engaged in a war against terrorism and terrorists, but it is in confrontation with Arab and regional ruling regimes  and is fighting terrorism on behalf of the entire world,” affirmed the Minister.

“Israeli enemy, behind the scenes, has tried to weaken Syria through its agents on the ground who soon defeated .Consequently, Israel promoted a direct aggression in a bid to make its terrorists hold their minds but to no avail, “clarified the minister.

“Despite all the support and funds, the enemy has failed and its mercenaries have failed too and their dreams gone with the wind thanks to our army’s steadfastness,” said Gen. al-Freij .

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