Syria’s internet connectivity experienced a disruption in its control plane visibility on Monday, August 17, 2026. The event lasted for approximately three hours, beginning at 05:25 UTC and concluding by 08:30 UTC. The primary technical impact was recorded on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 215. The affected BGP signal, which measures the routing control plane visibility for internet prefixes, recorded a median value drop of 1% from its peak during the event. Other connectivity metrics, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic measurements, showed minor fluctuations but were not the primary signals affected. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
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