January 28, 2011
It is unclear whether Syria has shut down Internet services as rumors to that effect circulate rapidly around the Web.
A report that appeared to confirm it sent Twitter into a tizzy on Friday as people both repeated and refuted the claim.
The regional news outlet Al Arabiya
said Syria is blocking Internet access, a possibility that would come on the heels of a similar action in Egypt.
But the outlet also said an official denied that the government is blocking the Web. Twitter users also spoke up to to say the report is false, claiming that they were
tweeting from Syria.
More coming as the story develops.