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Iran imposed an internet blackout on January 8 [Getty]
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Son of Iranian president calls for end to internet blackout

Yousef Pezeshkian said that "keeping the internet shut will create dissatisfaction and widen the gap between the people and the government"

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 January, 2026
An Iranian man speaks on his cell phone and walks past a bus that is burned during recent anti-government unrest, displayed in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2026.
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Limited internet briefly returns in Iran after protest blackout

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Men use their mobile phones while sitting at a coffee shop in north of Tehran on January 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Iran considers 'gradually' restoring internet after shutdown

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Internet access has been completely cut off in Iran since January 8 [Getty]
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Iranians use Turkey border to access internet during blackouts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 January, 2026
People attend a demonstration in support of Iranian protesters and ask for the fall of the Islamic Republic regime in Berlin
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Iran edges towards North Korea model internet amid protests

Oliver Mizzi
15 January, 2026
Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces to prevent "vice".
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UN urges Taliban to restore internet as Afghanistan goes dark

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 September, 2025
An Afghan vendor sells Taliban flags as people celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in Kabul
Afghanistan
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Taliban enforces internet blackout, cuts fibre-optic cables

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 September, 2025
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Gaza genocide
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Gazans face psychological torture from Israel's internet warfare

The New Arab Staff

Haya Ahmed

16 September, 2025
Departure of Handala vessel in Gallipoli, Italy
Freedom Flotilla
MENA
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Handala aid boat resumes Gaza mission after comms blackout

The New Arab Staff
25 July, 2025
A fire at Telecom Egypt’s Ramses Central data centre in Cairo killed four workers and injured dozens [Getty]
Egypt
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Cairo data centre fire kills four, takes down Egypt's Internet

The New Arab Staff
08 July, 2025
Iran Internet [Getty]
Israel-Iran conflict
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Israeli attacks cause near-total collapse of internet in Iran

Nadda Osman
20 June, 2025
A journalist works with a laptop inside a press vehicle in northern Gaza on April 4, 2025. (Photo by HAMED SBEATA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel cuts Gaza's last internet line, plunging it into blackout

The New Arab Staff
12 June, 2025
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Bangladesh protesters set state TV HQ ablaze as toll mounts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 July, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Musk's Starlink satellites approved for use in Gaza hospital

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 February, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Gaza sees longest continuous telecoms blackout since 7 Oct

The New Arab Staff
18 January, 2024
How Israel's offline onslaught muzzles Gaza's media
Gaza War
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How Israel's offline onslaught blacks out war crimes in Gaza

The New Arab Staff

Mahmoud Mushtaha and Hadil Wadi

07 November, 2023
Gaza tunes in to radio as Israel imposes internet blackout
Gaza War
Society
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Gaza tunes in to radio after Israel turns off the internet

The New Arab Staff

Abeer Ayyoub

03 November, 2023
Gaza War
MENA
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Internet, phones completely shut off in Gaza in 2nd blackout

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 November, 2023
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2.2 Million isolated from world: telecomms in Gaza suffer blackout

The New Arab Staff
30 October, 2023
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Algeria blocks internet to stop cheating during final exams

Basma El Atti
12 June, 2023
The Iranian government said it was restricting the use of WhatsApp [Getty]
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WhatsApp says it is working to keep Iranians connected

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 September, 2022