Landing Point · LB Lebanon
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| BERYTAR | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-25 through 2026-06-02 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 3 | 140.6 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 221.9 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 2 | 111.6 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 2 | 176.9 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 2 | 145.4 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 2 | 178.0 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 1 | 287.9 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 1 | 339.9 ms |
Saida, also known as Sidon, is the third-largest city in Lebanon, situated on the Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, roughly 40 kilometres south of Beirut. As a coastal city on the eastern Mediterranean, Saida hosts submarine cable infrastructure that connects Lebanon with a neighbouring country in the region. One submarine cable lands at Saida, linking Lebanon directly to Syria via an undersea route.
The single cable landing at Saida forms part of Lebanon's broader submarine cable network, which spans four landing points across the country. The BERYTAR cable establishes a short, regional connection along the Levantine coast, enabling direct undersea connectivity between Lebanon and Syria.
BERYTAR is a regional submarine cable with a length of 134 kilometres, with a ready-for-service date of 1997. The cable connects Lebanon and Syria, making it a short coastal link between two neighbouring Levantine countries. BERYTAR carries a draft status designation. As the sole submarine cable landing at Saida, it represents the city's direct participation in the eastern Mediterranean undersea cable network through a corridor that runs northward along the Syrian coast.
Among Lebanon's four submarine cable landing points, Saida ranks in the upper half by cable count, hosting one cable alongside Jdaide, which also hosts one cable. Beirut leads the country with three cables, and Tripoli hosts two. Saida and Jdaide together represent Lebanon's smaller landing points, while Beirut serves as the primary hub for international submarine connectivity in the country.
Saida functions as a single-cable terminus rather than a multi-cable hub, with the BERYTAR cable providing a dedicated undersea link between Lebanon and Syria along a short, 134-kilometre coastal route. This regional connection differs in character from the longer intercontinental cables that land at Beirut, reflecting Saida's role as a point of bilateral connectivity between two adjacent countries on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Within the Lebanese submarine cable graph, Saida contributes a direct, short-haul link to Syria that complements the longer international routes landing elsewhere in the country. Its presence as a landing point demonstrates that Lebanon's undersea cable infrastructure extends beyond its capital, distributing at least some connectivity southward along the coastline.
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