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Syrian government responds to reports of widespread Internet outage

NewsDay Staff ·

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.

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