A flurry of Tweets this afternoon, citing PA:
2 US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off Internet nationwide
Citing WaPO:
100 percent of Syria's Internet has just shut down
Link:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ust-shut-down/

Plus:
Apparently,#Syria just went off line …I hear mobiles are also down....All 84 of #Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet.
Link:http://www.renesys.com/eventsbulleti...354184790.html

Why now? Is it the regime or the opposition?