AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoCounterterror & finance: Syria says it arrested senior ISIS figure Firas al-Dagher and dismantled cells in southern Syria, linking funding to assassinations and robberies targeting gold merchants in Daraa. Security in Damascus: Bombings near Damascus’s Justice Palace and the Four Seasons Hotel during Macron’s visit show the capital’s security challenge is still active. Humanitarian payments tech: UNDP is scaling blockchain-based aid payments via Stellar, moving from pilots (including Syria) to a “standing capability” for country offices. Cultural recovery: France returned 23 Syrian artefacts to Damascus, a boost for museum restoration and post-war cultural cooperation. Regional tech & defense spillover: UNDP’s payment push and Syria’s security headlines land alongside wider regional defense tech trends, including drone-swarm countermeasures and renewed NATO-Türkiye focus. Policy shift for Syria: The US process to remove Syria from the state sponsor of terrorism list could reopen trade and investment pathways, if assurances hold.
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