Syria is cautiously opening up its internet connections with connections to 35 state bodies, according to Wired. The countryÆs reluctance to allow cyber cafes to flourish in Damascus is not surprising, given understandable Arab concerns about protecting citizens from the less desirable web sites and the fact that the country is hardly a democratic showpiece. So what countries are now left without internet access? While international sanctions continue, Iraq will be as isolated from the net as it is from most other world developments. According to domain name registry Netnames, the only two substantial states missing from the list are North Korea and Bangladesh.
