The SilkLink project is a new national initiative to build a 4,500 km long, 100 terabits per second fiber optic cable across Syria. It will connect Syrian cities and transform Syria into a digital corridor between Asia and Europe, with submarine landing stations in Tartus and. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on 19 November 2025 (Brendan Smialowski/AFP) Saudi Arabia wants to replace Israel with Syria as the transit country for a fibre-optic cable. The initiative will support cloud services, IoT applications, and elevate overall internet quality in Syria Syria is taking a leap toward digital transformation through a landmark partnership with the Saudi Telecom Company stc Group. This collaboration marks a pivotal moment for the nation's. The BARQ NET FTTP initiative represents Syria's comprehensive fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure deployment across all 14 governorates: Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Hama, Tartus, Deir ez-Zor, Ar-Raqqah, Al-Hasakah, Daraa, Idlib, As-Suwayda, Quneitra, and Rif Dimashq. The Ministry of. Sources cited by Middle East Eye indicate that Saudi Arabia is considering redirecting the route of its fiber optic cable connecting the country to Greece to pass through Syria instead of Israel, as initially planned.
