Syria falls off Internet, electricity cut in Damascus, as Assad massacres continue

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Amidst stories of brutal ethic cleansing operations killing hundreds in Baniyas, we now have these very troubling reports that darkness is falling all over Syria.

First we have this report that as of 18:45 GMT today Syria became almost completely disconnected from the Internet.



Now we also have this report from Yalla Souriya that electricity is out in Damascus.

As for internet, activists in #Latakia, #Idleb, #Hama and #Aleppo all confirmed that net has been cut off. || @akhbar

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) May 7, 2013

Breaking Update on attack happening now in #Damascus suburbs herefacebook.com/syrian.revo.in… #Syria

— GinnySacksMole (@GinnySacksMole) May 7, 2013

#MassacreOfBaniyas In the time you spend reading the tweet there are children are bing killed !#Syria

— أفنان. (@12Fno) May 7, 2013

RT @jenanmoussa: Luckily MOST activists in #Syria have satellite internet, never really relied on government net.So they are all still...

— BeerBergman (@BeerBergman) May 7, 2013

“@fahydiary: #MassacreOfBaniyasThis is not a herror moviethis is not SAW movie these kids #Syria ! twitter.com/FahyDiary/stat…”

— حنآن (@ms_7noosh) May 7, 2013

Some calls to mobile phones in various regions in #Syria are going through. No confirmation on the landlines yet. Internet still down.

— Shakeeb Al-Jabri (@LeShaque) May 7, 2013

RT @arahban: Activist warn the regime is planning major military op in Jobar & Daraya in #Damascus & Qusayr in #Homs #Syria CWB will be used

— Christopher Carlson (@C_Perspective_) May 7, 2013

UPDATE 8 May 2013: CNN has this report:

Syrian government responds to reports of widespread Internet outageBy Catherine E. Shoichet and Hamdi Alkhshali
May 8, 2013 -- Updated 1029 GMT (1829 HKT) |
(CNN) -- The Syrian government said it's working to repair a widespread Internet outage in the country -- something opposition activists suspected could be an ominous sign.
Internet connections across Syria went down Tuesday night, according to several global monitoring sites.
On Wednesday, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said an optic cable malfunction caused the outage.
A repair was under way to restore services "as soon as possible," SANA said, citing communications official Bakr Bakr. More...

UPDATE 8 May 2013 8:29pm pst:

#Syria Internet communications restored after 19 hour shutdown. What was#Assad really up to?: tinyurl.com/PCOSyria2

— Peter Clifford (@PeterClifford1) May 9, 2013

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