Transport in Syria

Railways

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Turkey - yes, at Qamishli/Nusaybin,
• Israel - defunct
• Iraq - yes, at Al-Yarubiyah/Rabiya,
• Jordan - yes - - in 2005, work commenced to build a line
• Lebanon - defunct

  Developments

• 2008 - proposed joint rolling stock factory with Turkey at Aleppo
• On 22 April 2005 Syria ratified the Agreement on International Railways in the Arab Mashriq, which provides for the implementation of a variety of north–south and east–west links between the states of the region, including the restoration of direct rail links between Syria and Lebanon and Iraq.
• On 7 July 2005 the Syrian General Establishment for the Hejaz Railway announced that it had signed a contract worth US$54 million with a Lebanese company to build a railroad between Damascus and Damascus International Airport.

  Road Transport

Roads

Motorways

• M1 - Runs from Homs to Latakia. It also connects Tartus, Baniyas and Jableh. Its length is 174 km.
• M2 - Runs from Damascus to Jdeidat Yabous, on the border with Lebanon. It also connects Al-Sabboura. Its length is 38 km.
• M4 - Runs from Latakia to Saraqib. It also connects Arihah and Jisr al-Shughur. Its length is 120 km. Assuming that it shares some 60 km with the Motorway M5, it arrives until Aleppo, and from there, it has been expanded as a two-lane expressway that continues further east into the Iraqi border, ultimately reaching its destination at Mosul.
• M5 - This is the most important motorway in the country, due to its length and as it functions as the south-north backbone of the country network. It connects the border with Jordan in the south with Damascus, the capital, and continues further north to Aleppo, the country's second largest city. Its length is.

  Waterways

Pipelines

Ports and Harbors

Merchant marine

Airports

Airports (with paved runways)

Airports (with unpaved runways)