Internet traffic has come to a halt in Syria after the government blocked Internet services in an attempt to quell a growing revolt in the Middle Eastern nation.
“Starting at 3:35 UTC today, approximately two thirds of all Syrian networks became unreachable from the global Internet,” Internet intelligence firm Renesys reported on its blog today.
“Over the course of roughly half an hour, the routes to 40 of 59 networks were withdrawn from the global routing table.”
Most mobile phone and Internet networks are affected by the blackout. According to The Wall Street Journal, government-run websites such as the Oil Ministry’s website are still operational.
Syria has been banning social media services in the last few months, but this is the full time there has been a widespread Internet outage.
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