Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 13, February 1, 2011 A Syrian blogger has reported that the authorities have blocked all sites containing the word “Proxy”, as well as barring all internet searches for the same term. Anas [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 13, February 1, 2011 Syrian Facebook users are calling for public acts of solidarity with Egyptian demonstrators rallying against President Hosni Mubarak. With initial calls to gather outside the Egyptian Embassy in [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 13, February 2, 2011 Following the recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, Syrians have launched a number of Facebook pages calling for change in Syria and organising protest events. One group, entitled [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 13, February 2, 2011 The pro-government media in Syria has hit back at calls on Facebook by Syrian activists for demonstrations following the recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. Syrians have launched [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 13, February 2, 2011 Syrian internet activists have renewed their call for a boycott of two local mobile phone companies on February 9. Some 14,000 people joined the Facebook group set up [...]