Baladi News – (Editorial Team)
To deprive the free Syrian people of a moment of peace and safety, car bombs flock to the liberated areas in Daraa and Idlib, bringing indiscriminate and aimless death in an attempt to break the will of Syrians and spread the spirit of defeat among them.
However, such an attempt proved unsuccessful. Here they are, the cemeteries of martyrs that are full of visitors praising the martyrs and planting and irrigating the roses of hope with the waters of loyalty. Indifferent about the death coming down from the skies or emerging from the earth, the visitors prove again and again their efforts to ascend the stairs of freedom no matter how weak the steps are.
Over thirteen free Eids, Syrians have suffered the scourage of destruction, starvation, displacement, fear, but love of freedom have settled deep in their hearts, souls, and minds. Hence, they have promised their martyrs to move ahead despite the fact that on the other side of the battle stands the biggest tyrant on Earth. Who would be able to defeat a martyr carrying a martyr and promising a martyr to die as a martyr?
There are cemeteries in the countries of asylum, but they are void of any visitors. Sons left their fathers’ tombs behind and were scattered as strangers worldwide with their hearts full of incomparable sadness.
There are those who are isolated in countries of exile where the Eid chants are not sung.
There is also that little kid, who is deprived of the pleasure of new clothes, and that father, whose heart is full of grief for failing to fulfil a small wish for his kid.
It is the thirteenth distressful Eid for Syrians. However, no other people in the world share with them the same level of pride. No other people have such a sacrificing spirit for the sake of celebrating the Eid of freedom.
To the free Syrian people, to our mothers, the mothers of martyrs, to our enduring fathers, and to our children, the offspring of freedom, Baladi News management, our editorial family, and our correspondents would like to extend congratulations and best wishes on your sublime Eid, the Eid of freedom.