DAMASCUS, (SANA)_President Bashar al-Assad visited on Saturday the Martyr's Monument on Qassyoun Mountain, on the 39th anniversary of Tishreen (October) Liberation War which restored the dignity and pride to the Arab nation.
Upon his arrival, President al-Assad was received by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Armed Forces, Minister of Defense, Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij and Chief of General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces, Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub.
President al-Assad received flowers from the martyrs' sons, and shook hands with the Assistant Secretary General of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party, the two Vice-President, Assistant Regional Secretary of al-Baath Party, Deputy Chairman of the National Progressive Front, the Speaker of the People's Assembly, the Prime Minister, the Deputies of the Defense Minister and the Chief of the General Staff and the Chief of the General Staff of the Palestinian Liberation Army...
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