PROVINCES, (SANA) – Five army and law enforcement martyrs on Sunday were escorted from Tishreen, Zahi Azraq and Aleppo Military Hospitals in Damascus, Lattakia and Aleppo and the Police Hospital in Harasta in Damascus to their final resting place.

Solemn funeral processions were held for the martyrs who were targeted by armed terrorist groups while they were in the line of duty in Damascus Countryside, Homs and Aleppo.

The Martyrs are:

-Colonel Khalid al-Hies, from Hama.

-Conscript Hammoud Khedr al-Khedr, from Damascus Countryside.

-Conscript Ahmad Kamal al-haj Hassan, from Aleppo.

-Policeman jihad Jourieh, from Hama.

-Civilian Qassem ali Kahileh, from Lattakia.

The martyrs' families stressed that the systematic terrorism perpetrated by the armed terrorist groups will not persuade the Syrian people from adhering to their national and pan-Arab stances.

They called for confronting the terrorists in order to restore Syria's security and stability, expressing confidence in the ability of the Syrian people to overcome the crisis through adhering to national unity.

H. Zain/ Ghossoun