The Syrian government would be a ban issued on the use of the iPhone. This attempt by the government to prevent information about the violent situation in the country is leaked abroad.
In a statement by the Syrian government would citizens be warned against the use of the iPhone, reports the BBC. Other smartphone types would still not be banned by the government. Those who are caught during the use of an iPhone would can be prosecuted.
A lot of international media is already banned in the country, but citizens can smartphones make movies and upload them to the internet. With the presence of iPhones looks like Syria as much as possible the situation in the country want to get rid screens of the outside world. There would be since the beginning of the unrest in the country for over 4,000 deaths.
It is unclear why other smartphones don’t will be banned, but it is likely that the government also non-iPhones will take as these will be used for things to film that the authorities would rather not see online appear.