en.Wedoany.com Reported - Syria's state-owned telecom operator is continuing repairs on an international submarine cable connecting Tartus and Alexandria, Egypt, after what it described as an "act of sabotage."

Syrian Telecom said on Tuesday (June 16) that it is currently providing internet services via the Ugarit cable system, a 239-kilometer submarine cable linking Cyprus and Syria. Additionally, an alternative route through Turkey has been activated, which was recently upgraded to a capacity of 1Tbps.

The operator stated in a Facebook post that despite the impact on a major international route, this helps maintain relative service stability and continues to meet user demand.

On Monday (June 15), Syrian Telecom announced damage to the submarine cable located off the coast of Tartus, which carries internet traffic between the country and Alexandria. The operator described it as a "systematic act of sabotage" targeting Syrian Telecom's infrastructure, rendering a significant portion of international capacity unusable and affecting internet services for a wide range of users across Syrian provinces.

Asharq News, citing a telecom source in Cairo, reported that the submarine cable outage did not negatively impact internet and mobile services in Egypt.

The Aletar submarine cable system, spanning 787 kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea, connects Tartus in Syria to Alexandria in Egypt. Commissioned in 1997, the system consists of two fiber pairs and eight optical amplifiers, with a capacity of 5Gbps. The cable is owned and managed by a consortium comprising Telecom Egypt, Syrian Telecom, and the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications.

Syrian Telecom stated that measures were taken "immediately after the incident" to minimize the impact on services, and efforts are underway to bring in "specialized foreign technical experts" to repair the cable. Due to the precise technical requirements and specialized equipment needed for submarine cable repair work, completing maintenance and fully restoring services may take some time.

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