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BBC World News blocked in Syria

October 19, 2012

BBC World News, along with other international broadcasters, are being deliberately jammed by forces inside Syrian according to John Williams, the broadcaster’s foreign editor.

Williams said that the BBC’s international TV network was being blocked in what he described as a “blatant violation of international TV regulations”.

Williams Tweets: “BBC World News being deliberately jammed from within Syria. Unclear who responsible, but blatant violation of international TV regulations”.

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