At 6:35 am Syria time on Friday, about two-thirds of all Syrian networks were cut off from the global Internet, according to Renesys, which studies global Internet traffic flows. This occurred over roughly a half-hour, it said.
The networks that were blocked, including high-speed data connections for mobile phones, were those used by ordinary citizens.
The networks that serviced government websites, such as the site for the oil ministry and site of the government-owned telecommunications monopoly called the Syrian Telecommunication Establishment were not affected, according to Renesys.
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