#middle-east

#middle-east

CEO Dario Amodei acknowledged in a Slack message that taking funding from Middle East leaders would line the pockets of 'dictators.' 'This is a real downside and I'm not thrilled about it,' Amodei wrote.

"This is a real downside and I'm not thrilled about it, unfortunately, I think 'No bad person should ever benefit from our success' is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on."

The Druze community is a small Middle Eastern religious sect characterized by an eclectic system of doctrines, developed from a branch of Shia Islam, but they do not identify as Muslim.

"Nobody really knows what's happening," one project manager running a Syria-based project told DW about the US cuts in aid funding. "They haven't put a complete stop to it yet so we're just spending the money on a monthly basis and hoping for the best."

The war in Ukraine highlights that Ukraine's decision to relinquish its nuclear arsenal for security assurances was a grave mistake, suggesting nuclear deterrence could have prevented invasion.

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