Amid Conflict, Syria Drops Almost Entirely Offline

Nearly all Internet connectivity in Syria is down, according to Web-monitoring company Renesys. The blackout is consistent with operation of a government kill switch, Renesys says.

Nearly all Internet connectivity in Syria is down, according to Web-monitoring company Renesys. The blackout is consistent with operation of a government kill switch, Renesys says.

At 10:26 coordinated universal time today, 92 percent of the country’s networks went dark.

The only remaining functional networks belong to a different telecommunications provider than the rest, which belong to Syrian Telecommunications Establishment. Those that are still working “use Syrian-registered IP space, but the originator of the routes is actually Tata Communications,” according to Renesys.

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