Ahmed Al Assir (Anti Hezbollah Salafi Sheikh) was brought before the acting head of the Beirut Criminal Court, Judge Zalfa Al-Hassan, for preliminary questioning after being accused of attempting to kill Hilal Hamoud in Sidon in 2013, he refused to appear because she was a “woman,” refusing to answer any question directed at him, and was returned to his place of detention in Roumieh Prison.
Al Assir, known for his anti Assad and anti Hezbollah stances and activities, is currently waiting for his death sentence over the 2013 Sidon clashes that led to the 18 Lebanese soldiers death.
Ahmed Al Assir (Anti Hezbollah Salafi Sheikh) was brought before the acting head of the Beirut Criminal Court, Judge Zalfa Al-Hassan, for preliminary questioning after being accused of attempting to kill Hilal Hamoud in Sidon in 2013, he refused to appear because she was a “woman,” refusing to answer any question directed at him, and was returned to his place of detention in Roumieh Prison.
Al Assir, known for his anti Assad and anti Hezbollah stances and activities, is currently waiting for his death sentence over the 2013 Sidon clashes that led to the 18 Lebanese soldiers death.
Again, in contrast to Facebook, Google and Twitter, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov runs his company in relative secrecy from Dubai. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. Stocks dropped on Friday afternoon, as gains made earlier in the day on hopes for diplomatic progress between Russia and Ukraine turned to losses. Technology stocks were hit particularly hard by higher bond yields. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users.
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