Al-Assad in Surprise Visit to Damascus Education Center: Strong Syria Faces Ignorance

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On the occasion of the Syrian Teacher's Day, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad surprised the families of pupils who were martyred of terrorist acts during an honoring celebration by the Syrian Education Ministry held at an Education Center in Damascus.

According to the Syrian State Agency, al-Assad affirmed to the families that though today is for the teacher, not the students, but the teacher and student are part of science, so the occasion is one and it is for learning.

He further added: "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."
"Today Syria as a whole is wounded.. there is no one that didn't lose one of his/her relatives, a brother, 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," al-Assad confirmed.

Prior to the visit conclusion, the head of the Syrian state 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, 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 enlightenment as they were martyred while spreading science and culture; without the efforts of teachers, we had no universities or scientists," al-Assad added.
"Our message to Syria's enemies will be through continuing the way of those teachers and martyrs and achieve their goal; a strong Syria in the face of ignorance."

In parallel, he stressed that the Syrians get power, not surrender or submission, from the families of martyrs, adding that Syria is steadfast through their steadfastness as well as the steadfastness of its sons, known of their support to each other at the time of dilemma and their stand in one rank to make Syria strong and victorious.

Source: SANA, Edited by moqawama.org