🇸🇾 - Unconfirmed, militants from Talkalakh, reportedly some Lebanese jihadists from Akkar among them attempted to attack Alawite village of Ransieh. Locals allegedly fired back killing 4 militants and wounding commanders.
At the same time, allegedly threats have been made to Wadi al Nasara/Valley of the Christians as an "entry point" to the Alawite villages in Tartus. This can potentially lead to attacks on Christians in those villages, reinforcing the need to arm Wadi al Nasara and other villages in Homs and Tartus.
🇸🇾 - Unconfirmed, militants from Talkalakh, reportedly some Lebanese jihadists from Akkar among them attempted to attack Alawite village of Ransieh. Locals allegedly fired back killing 4 militants and wounding commanders.
At the same time, allegedly threats have been made to Wadi al Nasara/Valley of the Christians as an "entry point" to the Alawite villages in Tartus. This can potentially lead to attacks on Christians in those villages, reinforcing the need to arm Wadi al Nasara and other villages in Homs and Tartus.
Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows. Messages are not fully encrypted by default. That means the company could, in theory, access the content of the messages, or be forced to hand over the data at the request of a government. Friday’s performance was part of a larger shift. For the week, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 2%, 2.9%, and 3.5%, respectively.
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