Telecommunications and internet services have been affected in Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Suwayda after a fiber-optic cable linking Damascus and Daraa was severed on Sunday, local authorities said. This post examines the impact of the cut, the ongoing threat of. An attack on the Damascus–Homs fiber-optic backbone cut internet across Homs, Aleppo, Hama and Tartous on 30 May 2026, leaving thousands of subscribers offline for about 16 hours before the link was restored. Currently, only satellite internet services are available. However, no official body has.