The Syrian government hopes to prevent activists from recording government violence against protesters. Foreign media have already been banned from covering events in the country since March. Jandali has uploaded a video to YouTube in support of the Syrian people. Syrian authorities have banned the use of the iPhone, further tightening curbs on activists using the device to expose government violence against pro-democracy protesters, the Lebanese website Al Nashara reported Friday. Syrian activists based in Beirut provided dpa with a copy of a ban they said was issued by the Customs Department of the Syrian Finance Ministry.
"The authorities warn anyone against using the iphone in Syria," read the statement. Syria has barred most foreign media from the country since the protests began in March. Opposition activists have been posting on the internet footage of the violent crackdown on protesters. More than 4,000 people have been killed in Syria since protests started in mid-March, the United Nations said on Thursday. Abdel-Fattah Jandali, a Syrian, was the biological father of the Jobs.
Syrian government forces shot dead at least six demonstrators demanding foreign intervention to stop a crackdown aimed at protests against President Assad on Friday, activists said. Four people were killed in the southern province of Daraa and two others in the central province of Homs, Syrian activists based in Lebanon said. Syria Crisis Q&A: Syria sanctions Syria has banned the iPhone, reports say, as the government tries to control information getting out of the country. The UN believes 4,000 people have been killed in Syria since March. Syrian opposition sources in Beirut confirmed the ban to the German Press Agency (DPA).
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