arabic → English transcript

Peace be upon you.

And peace be upon you too.

Where are you from?

From Idlib, beloved and steadfast.

What did you see at the exhibition?

For safety, today I saw Syria shake off from its wings the dust of the years and the dust of pain, torment, displacement, and bombing.

To prove to the whole world that it is like the phoenix rising from beneath the ashes.

So that it may become beauty, splendor, and safety that Syrians deserve, God willing.

Where do you see Syria heading?

To safety, to stability, to beauty—for everything Syrians deserve after suffering that lasted 60 years, honestly.

Today, what do we say after this great victory? What do we tell the Syrians? What should we advise?

Be patient and persevere; especially we Syrians have suffered greatly from the oppression of the Assad family.

We suffered greatly for 14 years from their expertise in harming us, in bombing us, in killing us.

We suffered displacement, pain, loss, the pain of loss.

But we endured, and we are here now in Damascus; we prove to the whole world and to the Assad family that dignity is not lost.

And the truth will not die as long as there are people demanding it; we demanded our right and, by the grace of God Almighty, we obtained it.

Speaking of the Assad people today who are calling for division and advocating apostasy, what would you say to them?

May they be disgraced and doomed; Syria will not be divided, even if we have to give one million more martyrs.

God is great. Thank you very much.

God bless you.

The Syrian women who have been patient throughout this difficult period.

Yes, glory to God — I have always held Syrian women in reverence.

Because it is they who have given so much; the men have also given a great deal, to be fair.

But it is the women who pushed the men to go and fight in the battlefields.

In Syria there is hardly a house without a family member who is a martyr, missing, or detained.

In Idlib, by the way, I'm from Hama, but I always say I'm Hama by origin and Idlibian at heart.

So in Idlib, almost every house has two, three, or four martyrs.

And yet we women endured this loss.

And we offered these young men as a sacrifice for Syria.

First, a sacrifice for Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, for the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorified.

And to raise the banner of Allah, the Exalted and Glorified.

Then for Syria.

We have been patient, and now may the eyes of those mothers be comforted that we are here in Damascus.

Thanks to the blood of their sons, who were a bridge until we reached the inevitable path to victory.

Thank you very much.

May God honor you.