Damascus Airport Still Closed, Syrian Communications Network Remains Down

1425 GMT: After more clashes last night near the Damascus International Airport, it Egypt and the United Arab Emirates will probably not be flying to and from Damascus any time soon. The Guardian reports:

"Airlines are not operating to Damascus today," said a Dubai-based airline official. EgyptAir and Emirates suspended flights to Syria on Thursday.

A Damascus-based diplomat said he believed the escalation in fighting around the capital was part of a government offensive which aimed to seal off the state-controlled centre of the city from rebel-held rural areas to the south and east.

"We want to liberate the airport because of reports we see and our own information we have that shows civilian airplanes are being flown in here with weapons for the regime. It is our right to stop this," rebel spokesman Musaab Abu Qitada said.

However, the airport is not closed. According to SyrianAir, they are running flights out of the airport:

“Today after the road was secured, we sent a new telegram to inform them [airlines] that security was restored,” the source added. “For the moment, we have not had any arrivals, but the airport is operating normally.”

The director of SyrianAir, Ghida Abdul Latif, said a flight to the Saudi city of Jeddah via Aleppo had departed on Friday as had two domestic flights bound for Latakia on the coast. Flights to Cairo and Khartoum were scheduled for later on Friday.

The SyrianAir director blamed Thursday’s interruption on a “technical problem on runway 23, which was quickly repaired”.

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#Damascus || Al-Ddunia T.V headquarters was evacuated near Damascus airport , activists says .

What about the WMD's? The one's ferried to Syria from Iraq in the 90's, is nobody concerned about that?

RT @bgpmon: Last 5 remaining Syrian prefixes originated by TATA are down as of 23:45 UTC. Syria is now 100% offline! #Internet

Fri Nov 30 - 9:56:59 am

lebanesepress: Two Lebanese killed, several wounded near Syria-Lebanon border: sources #LocalNews

Fri Nov 30 - 10:13:35 am


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A Turkish citizen living in the Turkish-Syrian border states in an interview with Morris that rebels entering Syria from Turkey are now controlling approx 900 of the 1000 km borderline.




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Thanks for the pin!!

Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng 42m
#Damascus international airport road reopens while communication blackout continues

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Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng 2m
#BreakingNews: military confrontation in #Syria continues unabated: #Brahimi

Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng 53s
#BreakingNews: fighting has expanded to include almost all Syrian territory: #Brahimi #Syria

Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng 5m
#BreakingNews: 18 Lebanese Sunni fighters killed in #Syria : security source # #Lebanon

NATO: Patriot deployment in Turkey to take weeks not months

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A very detailed article of who is fighting in the Syrian conflict today with name of groups and peoples.
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RT @BBCBarbaraPlett: #UNSG says number of #Syria refugees expected to reach 700,000 by early next year

Fri Nov 30 - 11:22:50 am

Finally, someone who tells it like it is! Electronic warfare is ongoing! It's not just going on "over there" either! WW3 is underway! Weapons of modern electronic warfare include the ability to alter weather patterns! Get a grip people!

Im finding statements online that ANONYMOUS is going after the perps that shut down syrian Internet worldwide.

cant provide link(will get banned)

Look it up on RTs website...front page an hour ago.

my landline phone was down all day yesterday,along with internet(dsl)

www.internettrafficreport.com will not pull-up for me,can someone else try?

also hit this site up

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SHTF!

[link to www.youtube.com] apartment building blown to bits.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says US is weighing further help for Syrian rebels - @AFP

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18:49 Friday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 92 people, activists said.

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20 Lebanese fighting with rebels in Syria have been killed near the border, Lebanese officials say - @AP

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1804 GMT: Back from the road to find that the death toll is Syria has increased significantly. 106 people have been killed nationwide, according to the LCC:

48 martyrs were reported in Damascus and its suburbs; 18 in Aleppo; 17 in Daraa most of them in Tafas; 8 in Homs; 7 in Deir Ezzor; 7 in Idlb; and 1 in Hama.

See our note on the casualty figures published by the LCC.

Despite the earlier trends, the death toll is mostly increasing in Damascus where the violence has only intensified as the day has drawn on. 13 of those killed reportedly died in the southern districts of Babilla and Beit Sahm.

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UN convoy hit for second day in Syria

November 30, 2012

Unknown attackers fired at a UN convoy leaving Damascus airport for the second day in a row on Friday, a UN spokesperson said.

No injuries were reported from the latest attack, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters. On Thursday, four Austrian troops in the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for the Golan Heights were wounded when a convoy heading for the airport was attacked.

"A convoy of 13 armored UN vehicles received fire earlier today while en route from Damascus international airport," Haq said. "Small arms fire is believed to have hit most convoy vehicles, but there have been no injuries reported."



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19:37 Rebels shot down a regime MIG airplane over the Damascus neighborhood of Al-Dameer, activists said.



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Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng 7m
Syrian Network for Human Rights: 127 death toll resulted by today’s violence in #Syria