The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

“Islamic State” prevent Wi-Fi devices in the border city of al- Bokamal

Reliable sources informed SOHR that IS informed the owners of internet cafes in the city of al- Bokamal in the province of Deir Ezzor that they have stop running Wi-Fi devices which provides internet for houses around these cafés, where IS informed the owners of such cafes in the city of al- Raqqa in July 19, that they have remove Wi-Fi that broadcast internet for the houses around these cafes, and they have warned them to stop all the house subscription and even the subscriptions of IS militants, where IS tries in this step to do a news blackout on what is happening inside the city of al- Raqqa, which is considered its main stronghold in Syria, and arrest all those who publish news about IS by carrying out consecutive raids and sending patrols to the internet shops to inspect them searching for such people. IS also try to cut off communication between the non-Syrian IS militants and their relatives fearing of going back to their homes and that some of them may communicate with intelligence agencies. It is worth noting that a lot of non-Syrian IS militants have tried to escape, some of them could pass the Syrian- Turkish border, others were arrested or killed like the German Thai Kickboxing Champion Valdet Gashi.