A view of buildings damaged after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at the town of Ras al-Ain, near the province of Hasaka, 600 km (373 miles) from Damascus, November 28, 2012. Picture taken November 28, 2012. REUTERS/Samer Abdullah/Shaam News Network/Handout
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, cutting access to its international airport, and Dubai-based Emirates airline and EgyptAir stopped flights to the Syrian capital.
The Internet and some telephone lines went down across Syria. Rebels and the government traded blame for the blackout, the worst communications outage in 20 months of conflict.
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