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The website is certainly not blocked in Saudi Arabia. Both guys who reported this are not based in Saudi Arabia.
Hi Ahmed.
It is true I am not from Saudi Arabia, But I know many people there and they confirmed that ALjazeeraTalk blocked there , and you can see this in comments.
Today the site is working in Jeddah & Mecca , and still blocked in many places ..
I don’t know how they block sites :)
That’s good news Ahmed. Perhaps it was only blocked for a day or only one ISP blocked it?
I’ll write back to them to get an update.
is it established why this occured?
Mashi Sah , Saudi blogger confirmed the Blocked in Saudi when he met Ammar last Saturday ..
The site is still working via satellite internet and Aramco connections ..
they write in alsaha about aljazeeratalk blocked in saudia arabia
in this link
http://alsaha.fares.net/sahat?128@166.JrHfe5slbvF.5@.3baa0f64
it’s blocked