On Thursday morning, 20 March 2014, several internet monitoring firms began reporting a halt of online traffic in and out of the war-torn country.
This isn't the first time Syria has its plugs pulled. In November 2012, a massive outage shut down not only all access to the web but also phone lines. And in May 2013, a similar breakdown in communications occurred when internet, mobile, and landline networks became inaccessible all over the country.
After a more than seven hours of blackout, the internet was restored.
