To those who still don't believe that the Syrian 'opposition' is Israeli backed, can you open your fucking eyes now???

— 🇸🇾 WATCH: A Syrian man walks in Al-Furqan neighbourhood in Western Aleppo City, and says, surprisingly, that there is nothing strange and everything is ordinary, despite that HTS claims to control this area

It is possible that HTS made a temporary entry into the city and then pulled back for the night to continue their offensive tomorrow. Their push was probably over-extended and not sustainable.

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Reports that HTS is inside central Aleppo City are false. They are present no further than Hamadaniyeh and Al-Furqan.

🔸🇱🇧 - Speech of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem, started.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister: 'The Islamic Republic of Iran will carry out a response against the Zionist regime, regardless of the ceasefire in Lebanon'

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Hebrew media reports that one Israeli soldier was killed and several were wounded in a security incident in the northern Gaza Strip.

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Yeah, I'm gonna be real with you guys, it's not looking good.

— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾/🇹🇷 The Kremlin: 'Turkey has violated the Astana and Sochi agreements, and the Syrian Government has the full right to restore security in Aleppo using all types of weaponry and methods, and by any means necessary'

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— An advice to some fellow channel owners (none in specific, just in general):

Denial about the situation is not going to help, you may think you are helping the cause, but you are not. Denying the situation on the battlefield is more dangerous than admitting it and calling for urgent action.

For example, if you constantly deny the rebel advances, or refuse to share any of their videos, then people will simply start following pro-rebel / pro-HTS channels to get their news. Is that what you want?

Admit the situation like an adult, analyse it, and try to see what can be done in order to shift the momentum back in our favor.

— 🇸🇾 NEW: A pro-Assad civilian has now entered the Aleppo Citadel, filming a video, saying that there is nothing out of the ordinary and 'those who entered are liars', and that there is no HTS presence there

Even if we assume the 'HTS members' we saw here before were actually sleeper cells, the citadel is an important strategic location that should be swarming with soldiers by now, they should have never been able to simply enter this place and film a video, the situation is confusing and worrying.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Axios says Trump wants a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza before his inauguration

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