A new alphabetic system was apparently discovered in north Syria.

A Newly Discovered Alphabetic System in Northern Syria

A new alphabetic writing system has apparently been discovered in northern Syria. It may represent the oldest known alphabet, dated to around 2400 BCE.

Until now, it was generally assumed that the first alphabet developed from Egyptian hieroglyphs, with later modifications appearing in Sinai and spreading from there to the Levant and Phoenicia.

However, this newly discovered script from ancient Syria appears to be older than the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet. If confirmed, this finding could significantly change our understanding of how and when alphabetic writing systems first emerged and evolved.

https://hub.jhu.edu/.../ancient-alphabet-discovered-syria/