Damascus: Telecommunications and internet services have been affected in Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Suwayda after a fiber-optic cable linking Damascus and Daraa was severed on Sunday, local authorities said.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Daraa Governorate announced on its Telegram channel that the cable was severed in Damascus province, causing telecommunications and internet services to go offline in Daraa and Suwayda. Maintenance teams have been dispatched to identify the fault, repair it, and restore services.

The cause of the outage remains unclear. It is not immediately known whether it was the result of sabotage or adverse weather conditions, particularly as several provinces have experienced heavy rainfall since Saturday evening.