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Starting at 10:26 UTC on Thursday, 29 November (12:26pm in Damascus), Syria's international Internet connectivity shut down.
PingER was monitoring 2 hosts in Syria. They were "Thawra online publishing for the press" in Damascus and to INET also in Damascus.
A Google map of Damascus showing the two sites (green balloons) and identifying the Thawra host is shown below;
PingER measurements
Disappearance
The PingER half hourly measurements, from SLAC to "Thawra online publishing for the press" in Damascus and to INET also in Damascus, are shown below using the Smokeping facility.
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The IP address of iNET (91.144.8.211 BGP 91.144.0.0/18) belongs to the Autonomous System (AS) EXT-PDN-STE-AS Syrian Telecommunications EstablishmentA Google map of Damascus showing the two sites (green balloons) and identifying the Thawra host is shown below;
Re-appearance
PingER was able to reach the hosts again around 14:30, Dec 2012 GMT. They were unreachable for just over 2 days.