There are no two ways about it: the Syrian refugees who were planning to buy RTX 3060s for mining are going to be hurt by this announcement.

They don't need to mine for that, merely buy existing Bitcoins.

Is that easy? I assume they are going to have Syrian pounds as cash. Then I guess you need to put them in a local bank account and use that account to buy BTC. Can you buy BTC with Syrian pounds? If yes, wouldn't the exchange rate be dreadful? I'm not sure exactly who would want SYP.

You need someone to accept Syrian pounds for the nvidia gpu too, and you need to buy electricity and have functional internet service... there’s really no reason to mine instead of buy in this case.

Hypothetically, if you are seeking fleeing hardship would you want to convert your assets to a public ledger?

Good question. I don't know the details, but early on in Assad's war against Syrians, the situation was easier than it is now. In 2012/2013, a lot of cash was taken to neighboring countries.