Don't miss amid Syria news: Big Lebanon protests defeat silly plan to tax WhatsApp calls (app avoids overpriced, poor cell service) atop gouging Leb ppl for many bad/nonexistent services. Tax hit Leb nerves days after govt neglect nearly doomed🇱🇧's precious forests to wildfires. https://t.co/z9mecMeVwD

— Anne Barnard (@ABarnardNYC) October 17, 2019