{"id":140320,"date":"2018-06-15T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=140320"},"modified":"2018-06-15T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:00:05","slug":"defense-minister-visits-a-military-formation-in-southern-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=140320","title":{"rendered":"Defense Minister visits a military formation in southern region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA-Upon the directives of President Bashar al-Assad, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces Defense Minister Major Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayoub paid a field visit to one of military combating formations in the southern region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-140332\" src=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Ayoub congratulated them on the occasion of Eid al-Fiter and conveyed to combatants President al-Assad\u2019s holiday greetings and appreciation for their steadfastness and sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>He also inspected the combat preparedness of the military formation and lauded the high morale of the army personnel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-140333\" src=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-3-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-3-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-3-1024x730.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen Ayoub was briefed by field commanders on the combat operations of the Army and Armed Forces in the area, stressing on the importance of combating the remnants of terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>For their part, the army members voiced determination to continue to perform their missions in defense of the unity and independence of homeland.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also visited injured army personnel in some military hospitals and congratulated them on the occasion of Eid al-Fiter holiday, wishing them a swift recovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140335 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-4.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Defense-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA-Upon the directives of President Bashar al-Assad, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces Defense Minister Major Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayoub paid a field visit to one of military combating formations in the southern region. During the visit, Ayoub congratulated them on the occasion of Eid al-Fiter and conveyed to combatants President al-Assad\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6987,115,450],"tags":[1648,752],"class_list":["post-140320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-latest-news","category-local","category-reality-of-events","tag-defense-minister","tag-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}