TARTOUS, October 27, 2025: The Medusa Submarine Cable System has officially signed an agreement with Syrian Telecom to establish a landing point for its Mediterranean subsea cable in Tartous, marking Syria’s first new international cable connection in more than 25 years.
The agreement, signed under the auspices of the Syrian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology, aims to strengthen digital connectivity between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, creating a low-latency, high-capacity corridor to meet growing global data and AI infrastructure demands.
Originally announced in 2022, Medusa is a 24-fiber pair system connecting Lisbon, Portugal, through the Mediterranean to Port Said, Egypt, and Aqaba, Jordan, with additional landings in Spain, France, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The system’s first operational segment landed in Marseille, France, earlier this year, with further landings scheduled in Bizerte (Tunisia) and Nador (Morocco) by December. The full system is expected to go live in early 2026.
Tartous currently serves as the landing site for three aging cables — Aletar (1997), Berytar (1997), and Ugarit (1995) — linking Syria to Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus, respectively. The Medusa landing will thus play a crucial role in modernizing Syria’s international bandwidth and restoring its connectivity resilience after years of conflict.
Following the end of Syria’s 14-year civil war in December 2024, the country’s new leadership has prioritized rebuilding digital and energy infrastructure. During the conflict, over 50% of the national power grid was destroyed, severely impacting telecom operations.
The Medusa initiative, alongside new partnerships such as Saudi Arabia’s Go Telecom agreement with the Syrian transitional government, reflects Syria’s re-emergence into the regional digital economy and its efforts to reconnect with global networks.
