— Some additional short bulletin points that did not fit in the post:

• Ali Larijani reportedly offered him pre-set conditions 2 weeks ago in Damascus. Bashar didn’t agree with them and even refused to meet with Larijani—Iran’s special envoy—when he returned to Damascus Friday Dec 6.

• Bashar Assad refused to open the Golan front, despite being asked to by the resistance groups.

• The Assad government, after becoming too close with the Gulf Arabs, had put a lot of restrictions on IRGCQF, this sparkled dissatisfaction.

• Ex-IRGCQF officer claimed Iran intel knew since 2 months ago that rebel groups in Idlib were up to something. He claims Iranians shared their worries with Turkey, but “Turks deceived them and assured Iranians there’s nothing to be afraid of—Should not have trusted the Turks.

• The situation in Syria has not ended and it’s going spark unrest. Especially between Kurdish SDF vs Turkish-backed rebel groups (e.g. HTS) AND inner fights among rebel groups.

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— It's now widely known that Iran, Hezbollah and other Shia factions asked Assad for permission to open a front in the Golan Heights after October 7th to support the resistance in Gaza & Lebanon.

However, Assad refused, reportedly saying he did not want to drag Syria into a possible open confrontation with Israel & he did not want to risk jeopardizing his normalization progress with the Gulf States.

— 🇮🇷/🇸🇾 NEW: The last Iranian and Iranian-backed Shia fighters (mostly Fatemiyoun) will shortly leave Syria through the airport of Latakia, after making a last stand at Sayyeda Zainab Shrine, resisting for 4 hours against rebel forces despite being surrounded and outnumbered 11 to 1

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— 🇸🇾/🇾🇪/🇸🇦 Yemen's Ansarullah reveals more about Assad: 'He closed our embassy in Damascus, in exchange for Saudi Arabia letting him open a Saudi embassy there'

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🇮🇷| Iranian FM Aragchi: Iran will continue support the resistance & Hezbollah

We’ve received guarantees in Syria that the embassy & consulate of Iran will be protected, and more importantly the shrines of Lady Sayyede Zainab & Hazrat Ruqyah will be protected & respected.

The attack on the embassy this morning was not done by the actual groups but by bystanders for looting purposes.

Iran’s position is to support the wishes of the Syrian people, but it is not easy to reach an agreement between all the different groups.

The resistance may have setbacks or undergo changes, like losing dear figures in Lebanon for example, but resistance continues.

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— ❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Imam Ali Khamenei, will make an address regarding 'developments in the region' on Wednesday, December 11

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— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾 NEW: First picture of Assad and his wife in Moscow

NOTE: Picture is old.

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Regarding this, honestly it's the right thing to do. Assad is no longer there, Iran can't force anything upon the Syrians, they can only encourage an open political process that does not include any terrorist groups.

Open elections is far better than HTS taking full power over Syria. This would force different factions to share power, but even if HTS is hypothetically involved, at least they won't be in charge all by themselves. They would be forced to seek moderation.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 UPDATE: At least three Israeli soldiers were killed in the minefield explosion in 'Ras al-Naqoura' in Lebanon earlier today.

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— 🇹🇷/🇷🇺 Erdogan: 'Besides Putin, I am the only real leader left in the entire world'

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— 🇮🇷/🇹🇷 Iranian Member of Parliament: 'We need to realize that the Turks are not our friend. They are often two-faced. They pose threats, including in our neighbouring nation of Armenia. To protect our national security, we must go on an anti-Turk crusade.'

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— Apparently, the photo is old, it's a thumbnail from a video of Assad visiting a children's hospital.

Many mainstream media uploaded it, + I couldn't find it on reverse image search, so I assumed it's real.