SY

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Intel Environment

Military Alliance
Interior Intelligence Services	Air Force Intelligence Directorate / Political Security Directorate
Exterior Intelligence Services	General Security Directorate
Military Intelligence Services	Military Intelligence
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances

Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment

Type	Name	Ownership	Main Office	URL	Notes
GSM 900/1800	MTN Syria (JSC)	?	?	http://www.mtn.com.sy/
GSM 900/1800	Syriatel Mobile Telecom SA (SYRIATEL)	?	?	http://www.syriatel.sy/
ISP	SAWA ISP, Syria			http://www.sawaisp.sy/
ISP	190.sy - Internet Service Provider			http://www.190.sy/
ISP	Syria Nobles - Internet Service Provider			http://www.syrianobles.com/
ISP	Aalami - Internet Service Provider			http://www.aalami.sy/
ISP	AYA - Internet Service Provider			http://aya.sy/
ISP	e-lcom - Internet Service Provider			http://e-lcom.com/
ISP	Sawa - Internet Service Provider			http://www.cec.sy/sawa/index.php
ISP	Scs-net(Aloola) - Internet Service Provider			http://www.aloola.sy/portal/
ISP	Tarassul - Internet Service Provider			http://www.tarassul.sy/
ISP	Best Italia - Internet Service Provider			http://www.bestitalia.net/pkg07/

Transnational Cables and Connections

Type	Name	Ownership	Connecting Operator Point A	Connection Operator Point B	URL/Notes
5 Gbit/s	ALETAR		Alexandria (Egypt)	Tarsous (Syria)	WP
5 Gbit/s	BERYTAR		Beirut (Lebanon)	Tartous (Syria)	WP
622 Mbit/s	UGARIT		Pentaskhinos (Cyprus)	Tartous (Syria)	WP

Vendor Appearance

• AREA in 11/2011

• UTIMACO in 11/2011

• QOSMOS in 11/2011

• BLUECOAT in 10/2011

• SIEMENS in 08/2011

Articles / Events / Situations

Date	Source	Title	Tags
04.11.2011	bloomberg.com	Syria Crackdown Gets Italy Firm’s Aid With U.S.-Europe Spy Gear	SY AREA UTIMACO QOSMOS
30.10.2011	Spiegel	Verbotene Exporte: Syriens Regime überwacht Internet mit US-Technik	AE BH QA SY BLUECOAT
29.10.2011	Wall Street Journal	U.S. Firm Acknowledges Syria Uses Its Gear to Block Web	AE BH QA SY BLUECOAT
23.10.2011	Washington Post	Syria using American software to censor Internet, experts say	SY BLUECOAT
15.10.2011	reflets.info	Toi… Toi… Tu vas avoir de gros ennuis, Reflets… Ils vont te couper en deux, te…	LY SY AMESYS
14.10.2011	Spiegel Online	Vorwurf von Hackergruppe: Syrien soll Schnüffelsoftware aus USA einsetzen	SY BLUECOAT
15.09.2011	Wall Street Journal	U.S. Deploys Tech Firms to Win Syrian Allies	SY
11.09.2011	reflets.info	#OpSyria: When the Internet does not let citizens down	SY BLUECOAT SSL
01.09.2011	reflets.info	Bluecoat’s role in Syrian censorship and nationwide monitoring system #OpSyria	SY BLUECOAT SSL
21.08.2011	news-intercom.tumblr.com	Stop BlueCoat.com now - #OpSyria	SY BLUECOAT SSL
19.08.2011	reflets.info	#OpSyria s01e03 – NASDAQ’s Blood Diamonds	SY BLUECOAT
15.08.2011	youtube.com	Stop BlueCoat.com Now #OpSyria	SY BLUECOAT SSL
05.08.2011	scancomark.se	How it is bad to sell advanced technology to dictators. How Nokia technology helps Al - Assad finds dissidents	SY Siemens LI / Monitoring Centers
22.07.2011	worldtribune.com	Report details Iran's massive backing for Assad in bid to salvage 'Shi'ite crescent'	SY IR SIEMENS Nokia TROVICOR
06.05.2011	theregister.co.uk	Fake certificate attack targets Facebook users in Syria	SY SSL Attacks
06.05.2011	twitter.com	Blue Coat in Syria? RT @ioerror: 82.137.192.194 appears to be a Blue Coat proxy that a lot of traffic flows through	SY BLUECOAT SSL

Unconfirmed Rumors

• BlueCoat is said to have delivered SSL-break-on-the-fly tools to the SY-GOV / ISP Environment to allow interception of SSL-protected Internet Connections