The Syria government turned off the Internet throughout the country, mobile services were not available in certain territories, the Associated Press agency reports. Turning off the Internet was confirmed by two American network security companies. Syrian activists, with whom journalists managed to contact the satellite phone, also said that the Internet was disconnected. Syria authorities often chop telephone lines and Internet in certain territories where important military operations are carried out, but the Internet is turned off throughout the country for the first time. According to the American Renesys network security company , starting from 12:26 local time (14:26 in Moscow), all 84 nodes of Syria IP addresses in the global routing table were unavailable-the country's complete shutdown from the Internet occurred.

The Syrian authorities accused terrorists of turning off the Internet:

"This is not true that the Internet turned off the state. The Internet lines have become an object of attack of terrorists, who managed to cut them in some regions," said Syria's Information Minister.

Over the past weeks, the government’s government forces have suffered several tactical defeats-they lost their air bases and other strategic facilities. In the vicinity of Damascus, fierce clashes between rebels and government forces take place today, as a result of which international airlines suspended their flights, Syrian activists report.

Syria first completely went offline