# The October War and Battle of Mount Hermon: Syria's Story

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2107560970730020864
- Source account: [@SAHARSYRIA8](https://x.com/SAHARSYRIA8)
- Source language: Arabic
- Target language: English
- Duration: 3:23
- Published: 2026-10-07
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story) The war on the Egyptian front lasted 17 days, ending with Egypt accepting the UN Security Council resolution to cease fire, while Syria refused to halt the war, and its army fought on for 220 more days, including 80 days of attrition warfare to pressure the American-Israeli position.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=26) After Egypt withdrew from the war, the Syrian command decided to prepare for a comprehensive attack to relieve the Egyptian front, something the Egyptian army knew well.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=40) The media usually fail to mention that the greatest high-altitude airborne landing operation in history was carried out by Syrian special forces in the October War against the Mount Hermon observation post, resulting in its capture and the killing of Israeli soldiers in close-combat clashes, with several of them captured.

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=65) When we were assigned the mission to capture the Mount Hermon observation post, of course, we were divided into several groups, then set off from the Syrian observation post toward the enemy Mount Hermon observation post,

[1:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=76) The road was harsh. As we advanced toward Mount Hermon Observatory, there was an enemy machine gun to the left of the observatory. I was a missile gunner.

[1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=84) I fired a missile at it and completely destroyed it. Of course, we destroyed the machine gun.

[1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=88) Asif Two came up. We headed toward the observatory building.

[1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=91) I saw the group commander, Major Hammad Khuweir, climbing the stairs to the Israeli flagpole, rifle in hand, and carrying the Syrian flag. When he reached the top of the flagpole, he tore down the Israeli flag. He didn't lower it, he cut it with his rifle and put

[1:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=107) the Syrian flag in its place. When he came down, we carried him on our shoulders, chanting, "God is Greatest! Victory to the Arabs!"

[1:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=112) In fact, most media outlets that covered the events of the Arab world after 2011 erase from Syrian history long years and major events that shaped the face of the world.

[2:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=132) The discourse masquerading as steadfastness and resistance has collapsed.

[2:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=136) The Golan Heights, which had remained quiet for about forty years under the Disengagement Agreement, the Syrian regime tried to stir it up on His way out of a crisis.

[2:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=145) How long will the Syrian regime boast of resistance and defiance? Has the Syrian army killed more than a few hundred Israelis over decades?

[2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=157) I won’t dwell on the details, but it confirms that the Syrian soldier kissed his T-72 tank after that battle.

[2:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=166) It was only natural for a Syrian soldier to kiss his T-72 tank after it destroyed some 160 Israeli tanks. The Syrian state has long used resistance and fighting the Israeli entity as a political card to attract support. But the truth is that the Syrian army has not fired a single shot toward the Golan front, nor has it ever resisted a

[3:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DmXIjp4nrbYC/en/the-october-war-and-battle-of-mount-hermon-syria-s-story?t=196) Zionist project. This is what media outlets have said since 2011.