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Fax
Facsimile facilities are available at major hotels and post offices.
Internet
Access to Internet services is available in public offices and universities.
Syrian Telecommunication
Establishments is the main ISP.
Telephones
International Direct Dialling service is available.
The
Syria country code is 963.
The
Outgoing international code is 00.
Telegrams
Telegram services are available from the main telegraph office in
Damascus, most hotels and post offices
Mobile
telephones
Global
System for Mobile communications (GSM) 900 and
1800 network is operated by Mobile
Syria and Syrian Telecommunications Establishment.
Post
Airmail to Western Europe can take up to 10 days. Parcels sent from
the Syrian Arab Republic should be packed at the post office. There
are post offices in practically all towns.
General
post office hours are Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to
3.00 pm, larger branches will be open all day.
Press
The Syria Times is published every day, in English. All other newspapers
are in Arabic (the most significant ones being Al-Baath, Ath-Thawra
and Tishrin). International papers are also broadly available.
Radio
BBC
World Service and Voice
of America can be received. From time to time the frequencies
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