— ❗️🇷🇺/🇨🇳/🇸🇾 NEW: The Russian and Chinese embassies in Damascus call upon their citizens to leave Syria

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The situation.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Seda va Sima (صدا و سيما), one of Iran's largest national broadcasters, has stopped using the word 'terrorists' and is now calling HTS an 'armed group'

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— 🇸🇾 Syrian Ministry of Defense:

The news on the terrorist pages about the army's withdrawal from Homs is not true. We confirm that the Syrian Arab Army is present in Homs and its countryside, and it is deployed on fixed and solid defensive lines.

It has been reinforced with additional large forces equipped with various types of equipment and weapons. Our forces are ready to repel any terrorist assault.'

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They said this about Aleppo, then Saraqib, then Khan Shaykhun, and then Hama.

Homs is the last line of defense before Damascus and the Lebanese border.

It has to hold, this is a simple reality.

— ❗️🇸🇾 NEW: SAA units are withdrawing from Al-Qurya and other places along the entire Deir Ezzor axis

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SAA-affiliated media is now saying Russia 'reminded tourists of the opportunity to leave', 'but it did not actually ASK citizens to leave'

No comment.

🇸🇾🇯🇴⚡️Jordan officially announces the closure of the border with Syria

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Remember, this was the situation in Syria back in 2016.

We are currently in a situation that is at least as bad, if not much worse.

But we came back from it last time. With faith and trust in God, inshaAllah, we will this time too.

— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾 Bloomberg, citing officials within the Kremlin: 'If the SAA continuously leaves their defensive positions, there is nothing we or any of Syria's allies can do'

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— 🇸🇾 SAA-affiliated media:

'The battle of Hama is not the battle of Homs, and the chances of the terrorists getting inside Homs are zero, God willing.

The units of the Syrian Arab Army are within their defensive lines in the areas of their deployment, in addition to the popular defense groups (pro-Assad local militias) in their centers to defend their villages.

Therefore, steadfastness on the Homs front is a fundamental pillar. The political process is proceeding in parallel with the military work to deal with developments. Trust in your army, and our arms are on the trigger.'

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— 🇸🇾 SAA-affiliated media:

'Things in Deir Ezzor, in brief, are as follows:

1. The sites of Deir Ezzor military airport, the seven villages East of the Euphrates, and sites in the city of Al-Bukamal have not been handed over to any faction, contrary to what has been reported by the terrorist media.

2. The Syrian Arab Army units maintain their deployment sites along Deir Ezzor and its entire countryside, East and West of the Euphrates, and in the seven villages, and no withdrawal has occurred from any point.

3. A joint defense agreement was signed between the Syrian state and the SDF to fight against terrorist organizations, and this has been activated.

4. Deir Ezzor is fine and its affairs are fine.

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