Lattakia and Tartous-SANA
In every village, town and city in the Syrian coast you see pictures of martyrs adorned with their eternal names and expressions of glory and vanity .. There the words stand incapable of describing a father and mother sitting in the shade of an oak hanging on the largest branch in which the pictures of their martyr children .. She tells the stories and tales of heroism and glory .. the stories of heroes who weave from the threads of the sun the glory and pride of the nation .. Heroes who made a pledge to God and the homeland, so they believed the covenant and rose to gracious martyrs who were immortal in the consciences of the Syrians.
Samar Al-Sebaa, the mother of the martyr Ali Haj Khalil, expressed to SANA's reporter her pride and pride in the testimony of her son despite the pain of separation that still haunts her life, saying .. “I thank God that he was martyred while performing his patriotic duty in the face of terrorists, and this image of him on my chest does not leave me feeling close to me. "Adding that the Martyrs' Day" was and will remain a feast for all Syrian mothers who taught their children to love and defend the nation. "
Just as the martyrs carried the precious will of their hearts and righteous with their oath, the children continue the path of the fathers ... their eyes yearn for a bright future and a safe and dignified life, and in this, Buthaina Abdel Salam, the wife of the martyr Colonel Riad Ahmed Abdel Salam, says that she will continue her mission as a mother to raise her children “according to their father’s approach to preserving purity.” Syria is a defilement of terrorism, to be fully prepared when the national duty calls them..and the martyrs are a source of pride because they gave their most valuable possessions so that the country remains dear and generous, and they are torches of light that illuminate the future path ahead of us.
Dr. Mazen Badr Zwan, brother of the martyr Lieutenant Sharaf Hassan and founder of the Association of the Sons and Daughters of the Martyrs, says that “what gives rise to optimism is that the blood of the martyrs, whom the founding leader Hafez al-Assad described as the most generous in the world and the noblest of human beings, has resulted in a strong victory that will perpetuate the history of Syria and enrich its intellectual and struggle reserves.” .
On this occasion also, Zulfiqar recalls the circumstances of the martyrdom of his father Bassam Deribati and says .. “My father volunteered in the ranks of the army and won the honor of martyrdom in Daraa seven years ago in the face of terrorists. Today I pledge to him and all the martyrs whom we live in safety thanks to their sacrifices that their pure blood will be a torch that lights the way before us to enjoy Syria peace and stability ”.
Ghannam Ibrahim, the father of the martyr, expresses his pride and pride in the honor that his son granted him, saying .. “Despite his departure from us in body, he is still between us in spirit and does not leave us, and the martyrs are our holy feast because they presented us with the most wonderful examples and national meanings by giving their souls to defend the homeland and its soil .. and it is snowing. It was believed that their sacrifices led Syria to victory over terrorism in a way that history will immortalize in letters of light.
From Tartous and with a will to cultivate patience and fortify it with faith in victory and martyrdom, Abdel Karim Mia, father of the martyr Waseem and the wounded Yasser and Samer, says, "The country needs sacrifice and transcendence over the wounds." And he affirms that "despite the family's suffering with pain and sadness, Yasser and Samer still have the strength and the ability to make more sacrifices." .
Abdul Karim narrates the details of the martyrdom and injury of his three sons with words mixed with pride, recalling the day he received the news of the martyrdom of Wassim, his eldest son, and the talk of his colleagues about his bravery on the battlefield and in every mission he undertook until the day he was martyred in a battle with the terrorists to liberate a number of weapon comrades who were trapped in Maaloula North of Damascus.
On the night before Wassim’s martyrdom, his mother asserts that the family “did not sleep ... it was a long night..so the sounds of battles and ambulances were reaching the ears of the family that lived in the Qatifah area in Damascus and moved from it to Tartous because of the war.” She confirmed that her son left her on that day with a feeling that he Will not come back.
And she adds .. he “knew very well that he would be martyred on that day so that he collected his personal belongings and left them in the custody of one of his colleagues and recommended that they be delivered to us, including two cups for drinking coffee, one for me and the second for his fiancée so that we can remember him together every morning.” After Wasim's martyrdom, his brother Yasser joined compulsory service and was injured in one of the battles. Against the terrorists in Daraa, he lost the sight in his eyes, his fingers were amputated, and he had a disability of one hundred percent.
"I lost my eyesight, but I did not lose my dignity in my homeland, which was baptized with the blood of the martyrs and the wounded .. I lost many things, but my child will live the most beautiful days ... We suffered a lot, but after every darkness the light is born, and today we live beautiful days, and our dignity is still preserved," Yasser says.
Yasser points out that the pain of the injury does not leave him until today and that he has suffered and still is due to the presence of shrapnel in his head. Free treatment and medication in addition to a talking phone that had a great impact in facilitating his daily life.
