Two southern governorates isolated... Repeated attacks threaten Syria's telecommunications infrastructure
The impact on the telecommunications sector in southern Syria poses an additional challenge for residents already suffering from difficult living conditions and frequent interruptions of basic service
March 9, 2025, 5:12 pm

Two southern governorates isolated... Repeated attacks threaten Syria's telecommunications infrastructure

توغل مدرعات إسرائيلية باتجاه حدود قطاع غزة

The Director of Daraa Telecommunications Branch, Engineer Ahmed Al-Hariri, announced a complete outage of telecommunications and internet services in the governorates of Daraa and Sweida, due to damage to the fiber optic cable connecting Daraa and Damascus, as a result of repeated attacks targeting telecommunications infrastructure.

Al-Hariri explained, in a statement to the Syrian News Agency "SANA," that these attacks led to the destruction of the main fiber optic cable, which connects the two governorates to the main telecommunications centers, resulting in a complete collapse of the service.

He emphasized that maintenance crews from the Syrian Telecommunications Corporation continue to work around the clock to fix the malfunction and restore service as quickly as possible, noting that the pace of repair is linked to the availability of necessary supplies to complete maintenance operations comprehensively.

Al-Hariri added that such incidents negatively affect citizens and hinder essential services related to telecommunications and the internet, appealing for the necessity of preserving telecommunications infrastructure to ensure continuity of services without interruption.

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BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions service, has sponsored the BuildHer CityHack 2025 Hackathon, a two-day event spearheaded by the College of Engineering and Technology at the Royal University for Women (RUW).
Aimed at secondary school students, the event brought together a distinguished group of academic professionals and technology experts to mentor and inspire young participants.
More than 100 high school students from across the Kingdom of Bahrain took part in the hackathon, which featured an intensive programme of training workshops and hands-on sessions. These activities were tailored to enhance participants’ critical thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and team-building capabilities, while also encouraging the development of practical and sustainable solutions to contemporary challenges using modern technological tools.
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Professor Riyadh Yousif Hamzah, President of the Royal University for Women, commented: “This initiative reflects our commitment to advancing women in STEM fields. We're cultivating a generation of creative, solution-driven female leaders who will drive national development. Our partnership with BENEFIT exemplifies the powerful synergy between academia and private sector in supporting educational innovation.”
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