{"id":23693,"date":"2015-01-01T05:40:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T03:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=23693"},"modified":"2015-01-10T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T08:31:12","slug":"president-al-assad-visits-soldiers-in-jobar-on-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=23693","title":{"rendered":"President al-Assad visits soldiers in Jobar, on New Year\u2019s Eve-Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Damascus, SANA,\u00a0<\/span>With the beginning of the new year, President Bashar al-Assad visited army and popular defense forces at the fire lines of Jobar, Damascus countryside.<\/p>\n<p>President al-Assad toured a number of posts and military units which face armed terrorist groups, hailing and appreciating forces\u2019 victories and sacrifices to keep the people of Damascus and its surrounding, as well as their properties, protected and safe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/president.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-23697 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/president-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"president\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/president-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/president-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/president.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the new year, families meet together, but you wanted to be here to protect your people and country, leave your families behind\u201d President al-Assad addressed the soldiers, affirming that .. \u201creceiving a new year is everybody\u2019s hope, but the bigger hope is the victory of our armed forces and of all those who fought alongside with them, in our battle against terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Greeting families, soldiers of the Syrian army and popular defense forces, the President wished quick recovery for injured ones, affirming that sacrifices of martyrs, injured soldiers and the determination of their families were the most important basis for Syria\u2019s steadfastness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/President-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-23698 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/President-1-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"President 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/President-1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/President-1-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/President-1-1024x760.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president also hailed soldiers on the fire lines in Jobar and all those who carried arms for defending the homeland in all hot spots of Syria, where terrorists attacked their people, and addressed soldiers by saying.. \u201cwe do embrace you, as a society and people, but we derive our morale from you and your high morale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For their part, the soldiers affirmed that they will keep defending Syria preserving its soil and pride till defeating terrorism and restoring safety and security to the homeland.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C1NAbHm1XGs<\/p>\n<p>Barry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA,\u00a0With the beginning of the new year, President Bashar al-Assad visited army and popular defense forces at the fire lines of Jobar, Damascus countryside. 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