Recently a few hundred people gathered at a Damascus hotel to discuss how to jump-start Syria’s tech industry. That sector was basically non-existent during Syria’s long civil war. Our correspondent attended the conference and met a young man who fled Syria during the civil war and now is a graduate student at Stanford. His journey illustrates both the possibilities and challenges that lie ahead for Syria.
source: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/1239646563/building-a-tech-industry-in-syria-from-scratch
