As a Syrian I'm delighted to see Syria mentioned specifically.
I started my career doing iOS development while in Syria and had to jump through hoops and loops so I can submit my apps to the App Store. I had to open accounts in Lebanon, use VPNs to log in to the connect portal and one point even being on the VPN wouldn't work.
I think more companies need to follow suit here, there are a lot of independent developers in these countries that would benefit from this.