The International Coalition's Civil Affairs Team has provided humanitarian aid to the Autonomous Administration in the Raqqa region to support the forcibly displaced people from the areas of Afrin and Al-Shahba. This assistance is particularly crucial during this challenging period for Syria, especially in north and eastern Syria. It also underscores the robust nature of the partnership with the International Coalition forces, which extends beyond military cooperation to encompass efforts to ensure security and stability in the region.
The International Coalition's Civil Affairs Team has provided humanitarian aid to the Autonomous Administration in the Raqqa region to support the forcibly displaced people from the areas of Afrin and Al-Shahba. This assistance is particularly crucial during this challenging period for Syria, especially in north and eastern Syria. It also underscores the robust nature of the partnership with the International Coalition forces, which extends beyond military cooperation to encompass efforts to ensure security and stability in the region.
But the Ukraine Crisis Media Center's Tsekhanovska points out that communications are often down in zones most affected by the war, making this sort of cross-referencing a luxury many cannot afford. Recently, Durav wrote on his Telegram channel that users' right to privacy, in light of the war in Ukraine, is "sacred, now more than ever." 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. Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis." On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change.
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