In the October war Syrian forces led by late president Hafez al Asad could destroy the legend of Israeli superiority (prevailed after 1967), and could restore large parts of the Golan including Mt. Hermon. Syrian soldiers could reach the eastern shores of lake Tiberea.Israeli defensive lines fell easily in front of the Syrian Attacks. When the war finished and a disengagement agreement was signed, president Hafez al Asad, in a unique unforgettable ceremony, hoisted the Syrian national flag in the central square of liberated Quneitra on June 26th. 1974.

Thousands of Syrians had rushed to the site to participate in the celebrations. To their surprise Syrian people found that the Israelis had completely and deliberately destroyed Quneitra before withdrawal,a sign of their animosity and hatred.The destruction of Quneitra and hundreds of the villages of the Golan will always be a stimuli for the Syrian people to behold to its land, defend it harshly and work hard, under the leadership of president Bachar al Asad to restore every inch of our occupied land.

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