Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that his country was in a crucial battle for its destiny, as he praised the Syrian who foiled the conspiracy.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that his country was in a crucial battle for its destiny, as he praised the Syrian who foiled the conspiracy.

"The army is engaged in a crucial and heroic battle... on which the destiny of the nation and its people rests,” the Syrian leader said on the 67th anniversary of the army.
The enemy is among us today, using agents to destabilize the country, the security of its citizens...  and continues to exhaust our economic and scientific resources," Assad added.

He also hailed the Syrians who confronted the plans against their country and defeat them.
"They (the enemy) wanted to deprive the people of their national decision... but they were astonished to see these proud people, who foiled their plans and defeated them."

"You men of the country... you have demonstrated, in dealing with the war waged against our country by the terrorist gangs, that you possess an iron will and a keen awareness," he added.

He also praised the army as saying: "Our military remains the backbone of the motherland."