Connections in all regions of Syria , not just routes in some , were shut down in the outage , which began at 5:26 a.m. EST on Thursday , he wrote . Security CEO : Syrian government almost certainly shut down the Web . Analysts say essentially all Internet users to Syria have been killed . Syrian rebels have used Web to spread news of conflict with Assad regime . Google : People communicate by using Internet - only phone calls .
Security CEO : Syrian government almost certainly shut down the Web . Analysts say essentially all Internet users to Syria have been killed . Syrian rebels have used Web to spread news of conflict with Assad regime . Google : People communicate by using Internet - only phone calls .