Assad Speaks of Syria 'Battle of Will and Resistance'
President Bashar Assad called the more than two-year deadly conflict in Syria a "battle of will and resistance," in remarks published in newspapers on Thursday.
"Today, all of Syria has been wounded," he was reported as saying on a visit the previous day to an educational center in the capital.
"But what is happening cannot weaken us, and the battle is one of will and resistance. If we are strong, we will be able to protect the sons of Syria," he said.
On Wednesday, Assad paid a surprise visit to the Educational Center for Fine Arts to honor "the families of students who were martyred as a result of terrorist acts, to honor the parents himself," the presidency said on its official Facebook page.
Media on Thursday reported the embattled Syrian leader as saying the conflict was "firstly a struggle against ignorance."
"Our message to our enemies is that we will turn Syria into a strong state that battles against ignorance," he said.
The United Nations estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict that began with peaceful protests in mid-March 2011 but quickly became an armed insurgency after a harsh regime crackdown on dissent.
21 March 2013, 14:35
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Ya batal ya jazzar yakatel latfal sho enta ya estez hey waynak rod e bayyak Hafez kan abaday wa zaki bas enta mfakar halak abaday wa zaki bas enta mgalat ya estez hamza lkhatib alla yerhamo shahid l7or kan azka mennak ya Mojrem ya safa7
21 March 2013, 14:57
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What "battle of wills" is he talking about when he is no longer in power as gabby753 has been predicting every week since 2005, not to mention the predictions of Dr. Arreet 7akeh, which have been in dire need since 2012 ended with another batch of failed predictions? This really proves that birds of a feather flock together.
