In an interview with Al-Estiklal, cybersecurity expert Ali Alrahbe said Syria faces growing cyber threats requiring a comprehensive national strategy, while discussing digital vulnerabilities, hybrid information warfare, and the need to strengthen cyber defenses.

The Saudi-Turkish project emerged as an attempt to create a transport network capable of bypassing maritime bottlenecks and reducing reliance on strategically sensitive waterways.

With growing risks threatening traditional maritime corridors, Syria’s geography could give it a renewed role in linking the Gulf with Turkiye and Europe through a network of highways and railway lines.

Syria’s ongoing cooperation with the OPCW to eliminate and destroy remaining al-Assad-era chemical weapons, supported internationally but hindered by major technical and financial challenges.

Egyptian–Syrian relations are cautiously improving after al-Assad’s fall, but remain constrained by political, security, and diplomatic reservations over Syria’s new leadership and ambassadorial representation.