AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoSyria Digital Payments: UAE-based Syrian entrepreneurs launched “My Syria,” Syria’s first integrated tourism and lifestyle super app, with built-in cross-border payments via Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa, Mastercard and AmEx—aimed at boosting visitor services as tourism rebounds. Border Security & Tech/Infrastructure Impact: In Daraa’s Yarmouk Basin, residents report repeated Israeli incursions disrupting farming, restricting access to land, and damaging infrastructure (including an electrical transformer that cut power). Regional Drone/Strike Spillover: Reports say Yemen’s Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia from Iraqi territory in coordination with Iran-backed Iraqi factions under IRGC supervision, underscoring tighter “Axis of Resistance” operational links. Defense R&D Watch: Israel’s Defense R&D directorate is reportedly reviewing large-quantity, cheaper long-range cruise missile options to reduce reliance on U.S. fighter jets—an arms-industry shift with major implications for future procurement. Cross-Border Activism: The IDF says settler activists are repeatedly trying to cross into southern Syria to set up outposts, prompting stronger enforcement language and detentions.
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