When the company was founded in 2000, Syriatel was owned by the Egyptian telecommunications company Orascom (25%) and Rami Makhlouf (75%), cousin of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
In 2000, when Syriatel was established, it was owned by Orascom (25%) and Rami Makhlouf (75%), who was the cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.