— ❗️🇱🇧/🇸🇾 NEW: Earlier today, clashes broke out after HTS terrorists attacked Lebanese Army units on the Lebanese border with Syria in Baalbek-Hermel governorate
After a delegation from the newly formed HTS-led Syrian Transitional Government was sent to the area, the factions stopped fighting against the Lebanese Army. Three Lebanese soldiers were injured due to the fighting.
Lebanon has sent reinforcements to the border with Syria, to prevent any incursions and to be prepared in case of armed clashes.
— ❗️🇱🇧/🇸🇾 NEW: Earlier today, clashes broke out after HTS terrorists attacked Lebanese Army units on the Lebanese border with Syria in Baalbek-Hermel governorate
After a delegation from the newly formed HTS-led Syrian Transitional Government was sent to the area, the factions stopped fighting against the Lebanese Army. Three Lebanese soldiers were injured due to the fighting.
Lebanon has sent reinforcements to the border with Syria, to prevent any incursions and to be prepared in case of armed clashes.
In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. And indeed, volatility has been a hallmark of the market environment so far in 2022, with the S&P 500 still down more than 10% for the year-to-date after first sliding into a correction last month. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, has held at a lofty level of more than 30. Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
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