🇺🇸🇸🇾 US and Syrian officials convened in Damascus to discuss lifting sanctions and potentially delisting Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a terrorist organization. The US reportedly outlined conditions, including initiating a democratic political process and ensuring minority rights in Syria. Syrian newspaper Al Watan quoted a US official who described a separate meeting with HTS leader al-Julani as "useful and good."
🇺🇸🇸🇾 US and Syrian officials convened in Damascus to discuss lifting sanctions and potentially delisting Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a terrorist organization. The US reportedly outlined conditions, including initiating a democratic political process and ensuring minority rights in Syria. Syrian newspaper Al Watan quoted a US official who described a separate meeting with HTS leader al-Julani as "useful and good."
False news often spreads via public groups, or chats, with potentially fatal effects. He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea. 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. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said.
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