Syrian student ban on KAUST(King Abdullah University for Science and Technology)’s new supercomputer

"In an odd but somehow unsurprising turn of events it transpires that, according to Arabian Business 15 Syrian students at KAUST will be denied access to Peregrine at America’s behest because of their ongoing Syrian embargo. Such a clause was apparently inserted into the IBM-KAUST memorandum of understanding (MOU) taking the decision out of the hands of the University."