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Syria: Reports of Telecom Disruptions as Protests Rage

Posted 6 May 2011 17:48 GMT

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Malagasy · Syria: Tatitra momba ny Fahatapahan'ny Fifandraisan-davitra, Fihetsiketseham-pahatezerana
Ελληνικά · Συρία: Αναφορές για παρακώλυση των τηλεπικοινωνιών ενώ μαίνονται οι διαδηλώσεις
Italiano · Siria: blocco delle comunicazioni internet in alcune zone del Paese
Français · Syrie : Les télécommunications perturbées alors que les manifestations se poursuivent
Español · Siria: Informes de interrupciones en las telecomunicaciones mientras las protestas arrecian
বাংলা · সিরিয়াঃ বিক্ষোভ বৃদ্ধি পাবার প্রেক্ষপটে টেলিযোগাযোগ সেবা ব্যহত হবার সংবাদ
简体中文 · 叙利亚：反政府示威扩大、电信受阻相关报导
繁體中文 · 敘利亞：反政府示威擴大、電信受阻相關報導

This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011.

Twitter users in Syria are reporting that mobile internet telecommunications have been disrupted today, as protests continued across the country.

Furious Syrian reports:

Mobile internet and 3G net coverage is down in #Syria. The two and only cellular operators are owned by Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf

Human rights activist Wissam Tarif notes:

Al-Assad Regime switches off communication in #Homs #Zabadani #Madaya Also in neighborhoods in #Hama #Eastern Gotta #Damascus Suburbs

And Razaniat adds:

3G USB modems cut off in Damascus, Aleppo and Banyas. #Syria #fb

Anonymous Syria confirms:

@Razaniyat A friend in #Aleppo has 3G modem, he has told me that both MTN & Syriatel don't work for him. #Syria

There are also reports that some landlines have been cut in some areas. Malath Aumran tweets:

Cutting the landline-phones and electricity in #Banyas, #syria

This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011.

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Written by Amira Al Hussaini
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