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Saudi Arabia Seeks Syria Transit For Cable
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Saudi Arabia is pushing to route the East to Med data Corridor through Syria rather than Israel, two regional officials told Middle East Eye, signaling a shift in Riyadh’s regional alignments. The change accompanies STC’s announced roughly $800 million investment to link Syria via about 4,500 kilometres of fibre, and could complicate Greece’s relations with Israel and Mediterranean cable geopolitics.


