Product news, field notes and what we're seeing across the markets we build in, Syria's tech reopening included.
Set in a high valley of the Golan at nearly a kilometre's altitude, Quneitra carries a Circassian and caravan heritage and a landscape of fertile volcanic uplands. A neutral, forward-looking profile of return, renewal, and what comes next.
An oasis caravan city whose monumental ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site, Tadmur married Greco-Roman, Persian, and local art at the crossroads of the ancient world. A forward-looking profile of heritage, desert economy, and careful restoration.
A mountain resort in the Anti-Lebanon range, famous for its apples, cherries, and cool springs. As visitors and growers return, its valley is a study in renewal.
On Syria's Mediterranean coast, Jableh layers a Roman amphitheatre and a Bronze Age tell over a living town of fishing boats, orange groves, and beaches.
The largest town of Eastern Ghouta and a historic bridge between Damascus and its orchards, Douma is rebuilding its markets, schools, and trade.
An ancient holy city turned regional trade hub between Aleppo, the Euphrates, and the Turkish border, Manbij anchors a rich farming plain now rebuilding.
On the margin of the Syrian steppe, Salamiyah farms a fertile plain and carries a deep literary heritage — the birthplace of the father of Arabic free verse.
For a decade, 'Syrian software engineer' almost always meant 'working from somewhere else.' The rails that made leaving necessary are being rebuilt in the other direction.
With sanctions easing, Stripe is anticipated to add Syria to its supported countries — opening online payments to local developers.
An $800 million stc-backed fiber project, a Mediterranean submarine cable system, and a new link to Cyprus. The geography that made Syria a trade route for four millennia works for data too.
The Technology Innovation Institute's Falcon-H1 Arabic leads the Open Arabic LLM Leaderboard, while the Falcon 3 series adds image, video and audio.
On May 9, 2026, the first Visa and Mastercard transactions in over fifteen years were processed in Damascus. Here's the full chain of events — and what it unlocks for anyone building software in Syria.
Cross-platform got good. The conversation moved from 'will it feel native?' to 'what ships fastest without compromising craft?' Here's our playbook.
Qatar is committing major capital to AI data-centre infrastructure, partnering with global investor Brookfield.
The global AI gathering returns to the UAE capital, drawing model-makers, chipmakers, governments and startups.
Hundreds of international companies at Syria Hi-Tech 2026, a presidential-patronage infrastructure conference, and a finance minister talking about digitization as anti-corruption policy. Conferences are a lagging indicator — that's exactly why they matter.
Three regulators, one of the world's most developed virtual-asset frameworks — and the rules that govern building in it.
With sanctions easing and tools restored, Syrian development and software firms are re-entering the world market.
Retrofitting a11y onto a shipped product costs 4–8× more than designing for it from the first wireframe. Here's the lean checklist we run on every new engagement.
Real-world-asset tokenization — putting property, funds and bonds on-chain — gets a regulated home across VARA, ADGM and DIFC.