In response to questions about granting military ranks to non-Syrians in the recent promotions list announced by the Syrian General Command. Reuters quoted two Syrian sources confirming that the new rulers of Syria have integrated some foreign fighters, including Uyghurs, in addition to a Jordanian and a Turk, into the new armed forces.
According to the sources, at least 6 foreigners have been granted out of about 50 new military positions. A source in Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham considered this move to be symbolic in appreciation of the sacrifices of the "jihadists" in the struggle against the Assad regime.
In response to questions about granting military ranks to non-Syrians in the recent promotions list announced by the Syrian General Command. Reuters quoted two Syrian sources confirming that the new rulers of Syria have integrated some foreign fighters, including Uyghurs, in addition to a Jordanian and a Turk, into the new armed forces.
According to the sources, at least 6 foreigners have been granted out of about 50 new military positions. A source in Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham considered this move to be symbolic in appreciation of the sacrifices of the "jihadists" in the struggle against the Assad regime.
But because group chats and the channel features are not end-to-end encrypted, Galperin said user privacy is potentially under threat. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "There is a significant risk of insider threat or hacking of Telegram systems that could expose all of these chats to the Russian government," said Eva Galperin with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has called for Telegram to improve its privacy practices. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych.
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