WorldRisk

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Risk to a traveller depends on their nationality. A country that sanctions your destination, or is sanctioned by it, changes how you are treated on arrival. Choosing here adjusts every score on the site.

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Syrian Arab Republic

71High71 of 100, High band, 50 to 74good confidence(7/7 dimensions)
What this score means
Extreme75 to 100
Severe and systematic. Device search, interception and detention over online activity are documented rather than theoretical. Reconsider what you carry and what you say.
High50 to 74
Substantial and consistently evidenced measures. Device inspection, monitored networks or restricted services should be expected rather than treated as unlikely.
Caution25 to 49
Some risk, and manageable with precautions. Measures are evidenced but are narrow, inconsistently applied, or the picture is mixed.
Low0 to 24
Ordinary precautions. No systematic device search, network restriction or prosecution of visitors for online speech is evidenced.

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Dimensions

Each dimension is scored independently, because the traveller who cares about legal exposure for what they have posted is often not the one carrying client data. Higher means more risk.

Border device risk

How likely is my device to be searched, imaged, or seized at the border, and can I be compelled to unlock it?

88Extreme88 of 100, Extreme band, 75 to 100

good confidence6 independent sources

Why this score (6 sources)

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1 excluded source
  • Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search, observed 2024-08-27: aged out after 2 years.

Connectivity continuity

How likely am I to lose access to the internet, or to the specific tools I depend on?

78Extreme78 of 100, Extreme band, 75 to 100

good confidence9 independent sources

Why this score (74 sources)

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1 excluded source
  • SMEX, via a site scoped search, observed 2024-07-23: aged out after 2 years.

Speech and legal exposure

What legal risk attaches to what I have said online, or say while I am there?

70High70 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

good confidence10 independent sources

Why this score (12 sources)

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1 excluded source
  • Index on Censorship, via a site scoped search, observed 2022-07-01: aged out after 4 years.

Encryption and VPN legality

Are VPNs and strong encryption lawful, and can I be required to install an application or hand over keys?

66High66 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

moderate confidence2 independent sourcesEvidence is ageing: contributing sources are weighted at 60% of full strength.

Why this score (2 sources)

  • Widespread restrictions. In Syria, the use of encryption by telecommunications network operators, service providers, their affiliates, and the users of such services requires the approval of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, the Ministry of Defence and relevant security agencies. Telecommunications service providers are also required to ensure that they have all necessary technical capabilities for installing and using interception and tracing equipment within their telecommunications networks to enable the security agencies to carry out their duties. This could be interpreted as a requirement that the serv

    Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies · observed 2019-06-01

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored SYR 1.93 of 4 on whether the government regulates the internet in a way consistent with international human rights standards, where higher is freer. This does not establish whether encryption or VPN use is lawful. It measures internet regulation in general, and is used as indirect evidence because the only survey that reads encryption law directly was published in 2019.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

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Network threat

How hostile is the network environment to a foreign visitor, from state actors and criminals alike?

63High63 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

moderate confidence3 independent sourcesEvidence is ageing: contributing sources are weighted at 62% of full strength.

Why this score (5 sources)

  • ITU Global Cybersecurity Index 2024, Technical pillar: 8.74 of 20.

    International Telecommunication Union, Global Cybersecurity Index · observed 2024-12-31

  • The recent mounting tensions have also been accompanied by a rise in online threats, such as data breaches, compromised digital security , and the spread of unsafe applications .

    SMEX, via a site scoped search · observed 2025-05-08 · extracted by language model

  • In the past, authorities have responded to protests by throttling internet access, and have recruited “ independent volunteers ” to support their authoritarian agenda, including through hacking.

    SMEX, via a site scoped search · observed 2024-06-07 · extracted by language model

  • Telecommunications experts and activists have criticized this move, noting that despite the need to regulate internet distribution, this particular incident disconnected over 5,000 people without providing any alternatives, especially amidst the current unrest in the country.

    SMEX, via a site scoped search · observed 2025-03-11 · extracted by language model

  • シリアで活動していると主張する、実在しない医師、軍人、国連職員等になりすまし、Facebook、X（旧Twitter）、Instagram等のSNS、LINE等のメッセージアプリを通じて親密になった後に、荷物の輸送費・日本への渡航費・契約解除金等様々な名目で高額の送金を求める詐欺（国際ロマンス詐欺）の手口が多数確認されています。

    Our translation: Numerous methods of fraud (international romance scams) have been confirmed in which people impersonate nonexistent doctors, military personnel, United Nations staff, and others claiming to be active in Syria, become intimate through social networking services such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram, and messaging apps such as LINE, and then request large remittances under various pretexts, such as shipping costs for luggage, travel expenses to Japan, and contract cancellation fees.

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Overseas travel safety information · observed 2026-10-16 · written for JPN nationals · extracted by language model

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Surveillance and interception

How comprehensively are communications intercepted, retained, and monitored, and is commercial spyware in use?

61High61 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

good confidence3 independent sources

Why this score (4 sources)

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Data jurisdiction

What happens to corporate or client data I carry into the jurisdiction?

61High61 of 100, High band, 50 to 74

moderate confidence1 independent source

Why this score (1 source)

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Trend

02550751002026-08-162026-10-16

The overall score is up 7.1 points over 61 days, from 63.7 to 70.8. Most movement is the event overlay decaying rather than anything happening: a news signal loses half its weight every three weeks, so a score drifts back toward its structural baseline on its own. A step that holds is the one worth reading.

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Sources

This assessment draws on 16 sources: Access Now feed; Auswärtiges Amt, Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise; CIVICUS Monitor country updates; Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search; Freedom House, Freedom in the World; Georgia Tech Internet Intelligence Lab, Internet Outage Detection and Analysis; Global Affairs Canada, Travel advice and advisories; Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies; International Telecommunication Union, Global Cybersecurity Index; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Overseas travel safety information; Open Observatory of Network Interference, OONI measurement data; SMEX, via a site scoped search; Syria Direct, via a site scoped search; UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign travel advice; US Department of State, Travel Advisories; V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project. Every contributing claim is quoted with its origin and date above. Model version 0.12.0, computed 2026-10-16.

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