— 🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli airstrikes were reported in the Damascus countryside approximately two hours ago, killing two and injuring six.

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— ❗️🇺🇸/🇱🇧 WATCH: U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack calls Lebanese journalists 'animalistic' during his meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace

The office of the failed President Aoun later issued a statement apologizing for 'words that were inadvertently spoken by one of the guests.'

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, held a phone call with Field Marshal Asim Muneer of Pakistan

The two discussed joint cooperation in the field of counter-terrorism in the Balochistan region, as well as the brotherly relations between Iran and Pakistan.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Al-Qassam Brigades have released footage of the ambush on July 7 in Beit Hanoun that killed 5 Israeli soldiers of the 'Kfir' Brigade.

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— 🇺🇸 WATCH: President Trump calls 'Operation Warp Speed' in 2020 to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID vaccines 'one of the greatest achievements ever.'

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

'Some countries in the region say that in order to stop Israel, we must make peace with them.

How did Iran resist Israel? Through diplomacy and concessions? No.

Iran resisted Israel with its missiles!

Israel understands only the language of force, not appeasement. And Iran will never follow the path of appeasement with Israel.

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— 🇮🇷/🇪🇬 Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

'Iran and Egypt have good relations and interactions like two normal countries. We are in no hurry to start an official relationship and are waiting for the right time.

The embassies of our two countries in Tehran and Cairo are fully operational, but their name is technically the 'Office of Protection of Interests', not the 'Embassy'.

But in reality, the people in charge of these offices in Tehran and Cairo are at the level and rank of ambassadors.'

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi: 'Gulf countries shouldn't be worried about Iran's policies, they should be concerned about Israel's policies, which could lead to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and war in the Persian Gulf'

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— 🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: Local sources report that Syrians in the Quneitra countryside, which has been invaded by the IDF, rejected Israeli aid packages and burned them.

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— 🇮🇱/🇸🇾 NOTE: Since the start of the invasion of Syria after the HTS takeover, Israeli forces have routinely searched homes, confiscated belongings, and abducted Syrian citizens, and they continue to do so, publishing their operations via official IDF outlets

The aim of these operations is to strengthen the Israeli presence in the Golan Heights and beyond, and fully 'demilitarize' Syria south of Damascus. In one of their recent maneuvers to confiscate weapons, an old Syrian Army bomb exploded and resulted in the injury of several Israeli soldiers.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇳 BREAKING: The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, states in a live interview with Fox News that the first team of IAEA inspectors has returned to Iran and is preparing to 'carry out its duties'

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Iran's Foreign Ministry must immediately comment on this and provide clarification.

— 🇮🇷/🇦🇺 NEW: Australia has expelled the Iranian ambassador and designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization, after the ASIO (Australia Security Intelligence Organization) determined that two recent 'anti-semitic incidents' were allegedly carried out by Iran

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— 🇦🇺/🇮🇱 NOTE: Australia's expulsion of the Iranian ambassador and the terrorist designation of the IRGC comes just days after a written 'ultimatum' by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Netanyahu ordered Albanese in a letter to take 'resolute action' against anti-semitism, and upon his request, this action was likely taken.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: 'So much for Israel controlling the United States; we don't!'

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 WATCH: Footage shows Israeli soldiers looting money from an exchange in Ramallah, a practice that has been repeatedly observed over the past two years and prior, under the pretext of confiscating 'terror funds.'

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— ❗️🇾🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: A ballistic missile has been launched from Yemen towards central Israel

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— 🇺🇸/🇱🇧 NEW: U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack was forced to cancel his trip to Khiyam and Tyre in southern Lebanon due to protests from people rejecting his visit.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇳 BREAKING: Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, confirms that a team of IAEA inspectors has entered Iran and will begin to inspect the Bushehr NPP and a nuclear site in Tehran

Allegedly, the presence of an IAEA inspector team at Bushehr was demanded by the Russian engineers who operate the plant.

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