President Al-Assad:Our battle is a battle of will and steadfastness

DAMASCUS, (ST)-President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday made a surprise  visit to the Education Center for Fine Arts at al-Tijara neighborhood in Damascus  where  the Education Ministry was honoring the families of students who were martyred as a result of terrorist acts On the occasion of the Teacher’s Day,to honour the parents himself.

“despite the fact that  today is dedicated  for the teachers and not for the students, but actually both of them  are part of the educational process, so the occasion is one and it is for learning, adding “I wished to contact with you in order to get power from you in spite of the feeling of pain as a result of losing your children, “AL-Assad addressed the families.

“Today Syria as a whole is wounded.. there is no one that didn’t lose one of his/her relatives, a brother, a father or a mother.. but all of this wouldn’t equal the loss of son, nevertheless, what happens to us couldn’t make us weak and the battle is a battle of will and steadfastness, and in as much as we remain strong, we could protect the others of the Homeland’s sons,” President al-Assad said.

During the visit, H.E listened to the families’ requests and their suffering from losing their sons, instructing the Education Ministry to ease this suffering and meet the families’ demands. Later, President al-Assad and his wife received the families of teachers who were martyred while giving their sacred educational duty during lessons.

“Targeting teachers by the terrorists and their martyrdom affirm that the Syrians’ main battle is against unenlightenment as they were martyred while spreading science and culture; without the efforts of teachers, we had no universities or scientists,” President Al-Assad added.

“Our message to Syria’s enemies will be through continuing the way of those teachers and martyrs and achieve their goal  concerning building  a strong Syria in the face of ignorance.”

President al-Assad and his wife exchanged speech with families of the martyrs who affirmed that the loss of their sons at the hands of terrorists has increased their determination to continue their sons’ way.

M.D