Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Syria from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Syria, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 963 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Syria you will have to dial syria-exit-code (eg: syria-exit-code 44 for UK).

Please click here for low international calling rates from Syria.

The present date and time in Damascus, Syria can be found at Time in Damascus.

Syria’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Syria utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Syria are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in Syria.

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Syria typically suggest geographical areas within Syria that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Syria is commonly preceded in the dial string by the Syrian country code or the international access code for Syria ("963").

Phone Area codes in Syria are sometimes quoted along with the country access code for Syria.