In early 2026, the Saudi company stc won the contract to implement the project's infrastructure with an investment exceeding 3 billion riyals (approximately $800 million), in partnership with the Syrian fund. The BARQ NET FTTP initiative represents Syria's comprehensive fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure deployment across all 14 governorates: Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Hama, Tartus, Deir ez-Zor, Ar-Raqqah, Al-Hasakah, Daraa, Idlib, As-Suwayda, Quneitra, and Rif Dimashq. The Ministry of. Syria is expected to award a national fiber optic network contract next month, following final bid submissions from regional telecom companies. The SilkLink project provides a strategic corridor for data movement between Asia and Europe and comes at a time of growing urgency over submarine cable. Syria's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced the launch of “BarqNet” on Sunday, a nationwide initiative to expand fiber-optic internet access directly to homes and businesses. Investing in this infrastructure is not just about enhancing internet speed; it's about opening doors to new economic opportunities. Saudi Arabia's stc Group announced the signing of an agreement over SAR3 billion (US$ 800 million) to implement the SilkLink project, which aims to establish an extensive telecommunications infrastructure in Syria, including more than 4,500 kilometres of fiber-optic network, data centers, and. The SilkLink project is a new national initiative to build a 4,500 km long, 100 terabits per second fiber optic cable across Syria.
