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welcome back. got a developing story to talk to you about out of syria right now he where the country s internet service is reportedly back on following a two day nationwide blackout as syrian rebels make a strategic push for, control of an area leading to damascus international airport. and connor powell joins us live with more details on this. what can you tell us? well, kelly, for nearly three days, more than 90% of the internet across all the area was out. and latest report is that the internet is back on in damascus and we still don t know about the rest of the country, but the ap was reporting that the internet in damascus, mobile phones are up and running in damascus. it s not clear why they cut it three days ago, they say it was terrorists, but internet companies say it s the syrian government that cut the internet there. and likely because the rebels ....
Have been pushing towards damascus and particularly the international airport just south of damascus in recent days and slow their advance and comes as the rebels have been targeting the international airport and the syrian government sis it s open and flights are taking off and landing there. and the emirates and egyptian air say that they have suspended flights indefinitely in that of the international airport in damascus because of the heavy fighting in the area. and the rebels now say that they ve taken over a main road just outside of the airport, now, all of this happens as the u.n. is warning after human catastrophe in syria and more than 40,000 people killed and the u.n. is saying now that nearly 700,000 syrians have been displaced and that could grow this winter as the violence continues, ands winter is starting to set in, to the human, the human effect of this is really starting to ....
Take a toll on syria and the wider region, there are refugees in turkey and jordan and causing huge problems, but the violence is continuing to escalate, and right now, kelly, it doesn t appear that there s any end in sight. kelly: all right. connor, connor powell reporting from jerusalem about the developments in syria and we re all very concerned about what s happening there. thank you, jamie? on the heels of that look at the middle east situation, let s get back to one of our top stories, new settlement construction in east jerusalem and the west bank after a successful bid at the united nations this week, gaining them nonmember observer state status. listen to secretary of state hillary clinton on that. we have to convince palestinians that direct negotiations with israel represent not just the best, but the only path to the independent state that deserve. america supports the goal of a ....