The arsenal of IT weapons the Syrian government uses to control in order apparently includes surveillance hardware and software industrial by Western companies, in the role of well in the role of by American corporations with the purpose of are barred by U.S. sanctions from advertising such equipment to Syria exclusive of basic obtaining a license.This month, the California-based Internet security companies NetAPP and Blue Coat announced they would cooperate with U.S. powers that be, past a cycle of undercover reports by inhabitant Lab and the Bloomberg news website revealed their web-monitoring products were being used by the Syrian government.