Best VPN and SSH Tunnel for Syria

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Middle East countries have been facing the outlandish experience of internet censorship since ages. The media and the commoners there are barred from expressing their personal view opinions regarding the government decisions. Anything found to be of criticizing nature or against the interest of the ruling party is banned outright, be it a website or a newspaper.

Considering the dominance of rulers in these Arabian countries, such censorship nightmares are nothing new, hence people are well aware on how to bypass filtering in case of internet utilization. Though, due to strict measure being adopted by the government, even the proxy or varied other circumvention tools are under stiff scrutiny. Consequently, people are now relying more on the VPN and SSH Tunnel to access the inaccessible websites and avoid government monitoring.

Internet usage in Syria

Ever since internet came into existence in Syria for general public in 2000, there has been a tremendous growth in the internet users in the country. As per the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) report released in March 2008, near about 10.8% of the entire Syrian population is net savvy that amounts to a population of 2,132,000, indeed a staggering number.

However, Syria is still slow in the growth of internet as compared to other nations, thanks to its expensive cost there. Moreover, not much people in this nation own computers, they have to visit cyber cafes or have to share computers to access the internet.

Side-effects of using Internet in Syria

Owing to the voluminous amount of censorship in Syria, people often find it hard to access their preferred websites. The sources thus available to use internet include internet cafes and dial-up connections at homes. But since using it at home could tend the government to monitor the net surfing activities people perform, hence they prefer to opt for cybercafés.

Even in the cafes, officers in civil dresses keep on noticing the visitors they find skeptical. To add to the vows of Syrians, the censorship has also taken into its disastrous clutch, private emails and VoIP connections in Syria. Just recently, Syria blocked VPN Services as well, in order to further strengthen internet censorship in the country.

Due to all these miseries, people think it better not to use internet or access it only through a more dependable bypassing tool such as VPN or SSH Tunnel.

Things that can be accessed using VPN in Syria

As in the other Middle East countries, Syria also witnesses a considerable use of VPN. People seek its services to access the blocked websites located both in Syria as well as in other countries as per their requirements. Expats from UK, US or those from other countries, prefer to be in touch with their favorite TV programs through Hulu, Netflix, BBC iPlayer and so on and to accomplish their wish, VPN is a must.

The virtual private network can also be of much help for business people and entrepreneurs who have their business branch spread to Syria and have to communicate with their family members over there.

Best VPN and SSH services for Syria

VPN providers throughout the Middle East as in Syria are prompt to provide the users with the facilities they want the most. Considering all the requirements, several VPN providers are there in the fray that have been successful in offering cost-effective yet persistent VPN services.

HideMyAss, is among the prominent ones of all of them.  It can be used in almost all the known operating systems and supporting devices and has its services well supported with the widely used protocols. The next in the line is IAPS VPN, which is well known for the level of security and secrecy it offers for its users. With a viable customer support and numerous shared IPs, OverPlay VPN is the next to follow the league of best VPN in Syria. The detailed list is provided in the below mentioned table.

After the recent block of VPN in Syria, there are several VPN Services that will not work on some ISPs or many of the ISPs in Syria. In order to minimize the effect of that, there is another circumvention tool that will help you bypass internet censorship in Syria and that is SSH Tunnel. There are very few VPN services that offer SSH tunnel, in the table below, we have listed, whether a VPN provider offers SSH tunnel or not.

SSH tunnel works on HTTPS port and it is browser based tunnel that is almost impossible for governments and ISPs to block.

Rank	Provider	Starting Price	Visit
1	Hidemyass	$11.52/Month
2	TuVPN	$12/Month
3	ibVPN	$4.96/month
4	PureVPN	$9.95/Month
5	ExpressVPN	$12.95/Month
6	Overplay	$9.95/Month
7	StrongVPN	$21/3 Months
8	Ivacy VPN	$6.81/Month
9	VPNSecure	$7.95 / Month

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Allen is an internet secuirty and privacy geek. He is an Editor at Bestvpnservice.com and loves to explore new VPN Services and technologies. He is also in love with blogging, his life (not wife) and travelling. He is a die hard soccer fan and is crazy for Manchester United.

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