— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾 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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— ❗️🇸🇾/🇮🇶/🇮🇷 NEW: The Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian Foreign Ministers will soon hold an important joint press conference to the media

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— ❗️🇮🇷/🇸🇾 Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, after consultations in Baghdad:

'Whoever denies the obvious Zionist role in the terrorist advances in Syria, is either blind or dishonest.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has always supported Syria and will continue to do so with all its weight and with everything Syria needs and demands.

The security of our neighbours is the security of ourselves; terrorists must be fought and annihilated in their infancy, before they spread into the entire region.'

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— ❗️🇮🇷/🇸🇾 Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi: 'Iran has not and will not abandon its allies in times of difficulties, just like we expect our friends and allies to stick by us.'

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— ❗️🇮🇷/🇸🇾 Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi: 'Iran has witnessed first hand how its own allies left it and betrayed it, one by one, during the Iraqi imposed war against us in the 1980's. We refuse to do this to others. Once a friend, a friend till the end.'

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— ❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇳/☢️ Chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi:

'Iran has just dramatically increased its capacity to produce 60% (near weapons grade) enriched uranium, by installing advanced IR-6 centrifuges.

Iran was producing 60% enriched uranium at a rate of 5-7kg a month, but Iran now has the capacity to increase this monthly output by seven or eight times, or possibly even more.'

Note: Grossi is simply talking about an increase in Iran's capacity to produce, he did not mention whether Iran intends to actually put these new centrifuges into operation.

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