According to multiple Internet monitoring services, Syrian authorities has cut off Internet. In the capital city Damascus, mobile services and land lines are affected as well. The news comes as an uprising has shaken the country for months, with an opposition trying to get together to face president and dictator Bashar al Assad. Read more
Damascus, May 15 (IANS) Internet services in Syria have been off since early Wednesday, which appears to be a second blackout in a week, reported Al-Jazeera and a pro-opposition activist website.
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Washington, May 4 (IANS/AKI) North Korea, Iran and Syria are among the top 10 countries deemed worst for press freedom, according to an annual ranking by a Washington-based watchdog.
"Just 14 percen... Read more
Geneva, May 28 (IANS) The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold an urgent debate on Syria Wednesday as requested by Turkey, Qatar and the US, the council announced Monday.
The three countries ha... Read more
Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow's position on Syria stems from its concern for the Syrian people, and not the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sa... Read more
Moscow, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Syrian authorities have killed one of the ringleaders of the Al-Nusra Front terrorist group that has been active since the beginning of the uprising in the country, ... Read more
Dubai, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has dismissed Chechens fighting in Syria as merely mercenaries "fighting for money and not an idea", and that they have nothing to d... Read more
Moscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is not looking to oust Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and wants the conflicting parties to negotiate and stop the "massacre", putting an end to the "catastrop... Read more
GoPollGo, a real-time polling tool that lets brands and media properties collect and analyse feedback, has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo. The news comes just one week after the search g... Read more