Syrian authorities will lift a five-year ban on Facebook as of today, Forward Syria can confirm.

Officially banned in Syria for over five years, Facebook and other banned social networking sites, like YouTube enjoy popular usage across the country by Syrians using international proxy servers to bypass firewalls blocking the sites.

No official announcement is expected to be made on the decision but users report You Tube has already unblocked on some ISP servers.

No specific time frame for can be confirmed while technical operations to lift the ban come into effect.

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