Speech on Resilience in Damascus

Fellow citizens,

fellow military personnel,

sons of our Arab people,

with great pride and admiration for you

and your great steadfastness.

Today, I address you from the fortress of steadfastness,

eternal Damascus.

Damascus, whose heroic steadfastness

in the face of the enemy's barbaric raids

has become a symbol of our entire Arab homeland's steadfastness and a source

of pride for our entire Arab nation. This city will remain

lofty with an unbreakable pride under

the protection of its sons, who meet challenges

with strong will and face hardships, no matter

how severe, with greater determination and firm

resolve, and with greater insistence on victory.