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Internet users in Syria say Facebook and YouTube are available for the first time in three years amid signs Damascus may be lifting its ban on the websites.

The Syrian government does not comment on its internet restrictions.

But several web users in Syria told The Associated Press on Tuesday the sites were accessible for the first time in years without having to tunnel through proxy servers.

The head of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, Mazen Darwish, said he has "semiofficial confirmation" the ban is being lifted.

The gesture could be seen as a concession to stave off unrest following popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

But it's not a major compromise by President Bashar Assad, as many Syrians accessed the sites anyway using proxies.

 

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