Syria TV

This article is about the Syrian state television network. For the private Syrian television network owned by Faadat Media, see Syria TV (Fadaat Media).

Syrian TV (Arabic: السورية), also known as Syrian Satellite Channel (Arabic: القناة الفضائية السورية), is a public television channel, formerly state-funded by the Syrian General Organization of Radio and TV and broadcast nationwide on Digital terrestrial television (DTT) and throughout the world on various satellites. The television station has been based in Damascus, Syria since 1995.^[1][2]

Syrian TV

Logo used since 2024
Country	Syria
Broadcast area	Syria
Headquarters	Umayyad Square, Damascus, Syria
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic, French and English (some programs)
Picture format	4:3/16:9 1080i (HD), 576i (SD)
Ownership
Owner	ORTAS
Sister channels	Syrian News Channel Syrian Drama TV Syrian Education TV Noor Al-Sham
History
Launched	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Links
Webcast	www.ortas.gov.sy/SyrianTV/
Website	ortas.online

History

Syrian civil war and Syrian revolution

On 26 May 2013, opposition forces attacked the Syrian TV team near al-Daba'a village in the countryside of al-Qusayr in Homs province, injuring cameraman Asem al-Shaar.^[3]

"Victory of the great Syrian revolution and the fall of the criminal al-Assad regime" on Syria TV after the fall of Damascus to the HTS. This was its sole broadcast for several hours.^[4]

On 8 December 2024, at 05:30, amid the fall of Damascus during the Syrian opposition offensives, opposition forces took control of the channel^[5] and announced the fall of the Assad regime live on-air.^[6][7][8]

Logo used from 2018 until 2024, prior to the fall of the Assad regime

On 15 December 2024, the broadcasting on the “ORTAS” website was temporarily suspended.^[9] As of March 2025^[update], the suspension of the online streaming and satellite feed of the channel is still ensuing.

Programming

Syrian TV features a variety of general-interest programs.

• Syrian soap operas (Syrian Drama, مسلسلات سوريا دراما)
• Aalam men Akhbar (A World of News, عالم من الأخبا)
• Jilna (Our Generation, جيلنا)
• Sabah al Khair (Good Morning, صباح الخير)
• Al-Nas lel Nas (People for People, الناس للناس)
• Hamzet Wasel (Connecting Link, همزة وصل)
• Al-Balad Baladak (The Country is your Country, البلد بلدك)
• Mulaeb al Ghad (Tomorrow's Player, ملاعب الغد)
• Huna Dimashq (Here is Damascus, هنا دمشق)
• Nahja Maan (Living Together, نحيا معا)
• Al-Muwaten w el-Wazeer (The Citizen and the Minister, المواطن و الوزير )
• Hadis Al-Balad (Talk of the Town, حديث البلد)
• Bath Mubashar (Live Broadcast, بث مباشر)

Most of the programmes are in Arabic. There is also a number of English programmes and some news broadcasts in English, French, Spanish, Russian and recently Turkish.

See also

• Television in Syria