Unblock Syria

Meet Miriam Alarbaji Alsayegh. Software engineer in Syria. One of our first @UnblockSyria volunteers. Her reports read like professional QA audits. Every block she documents is one she hit herself.

Newroz Pîroz Be! 🔥 unblocksyria.com is now fully available in Kurdish. #Newroz #UnblockSyria

Eid Mubarak from the Unblock Syria team 🌙 Syria is free. Now unblock it. #EidMubarak #UnblockSyria — كل عام وأنتم بخير من فريق سوريا بدون قيود 🌙 سوريا حرة. حان وقت رفع القيود. #عيد_مبارك #سوريا_بدون_قيود

أكثر من 770 خدمة رقمية. 90 تصنيفاً. كلها بجهود متطوعين مثل قصي. الفريق يكبر ونبحث عمّن يشاركنا هذا العمل. انضم إلينا: unblocksyria.com #سوريا_بدون_قيود #سوريا #حقوق_رقمية

"أتطوع في منصة سوريا بدون قيود إيماناً بأن الوصول إلى التكنولوجيا حق للجميع، وأن إزالة العوائق الرقمية عن السوريين يفتح أمامهم أبواباً حقيقية في العمل والتعلم والابتكار."

Meet Qussai AlSherkaoi. One of the first volunteers to join @UnblockSyria. He's been testing services, validating reports, and helping document the real state of digital access in Syria since day one. This is what showing up looks like.

@J48Gaming Thanks for reporting! we will send a follow up to Discord about this

@unblocksyria discord? u still need a vpn on most stuff especially when sending images

We launched Unblock Syria in January to track every service blocked in Syria and push for change. GitHub, Discord, Kaggle, Hostinger all restored access. 774 services tracked. 272 companies contacted. The work continues! unblocksyria.com

Day 1 of Unblock Syria: In 24h: • 50k impressions • 4k site visits • 1k votes • 22 new services submitted People joined from around the world. Real momentum. Real pressure. Thanks to everyone who participated. We’re just getting started → unblocksyria.com

Syria missed the world. The world missed Syria. Let's reconnect them. unblocksyria.com #UnblockSyria

The problem: → ChatGPT: Blocked → Udemy & Coursera: Blocked → Slack: Blocked → Apple: Syria isn't even in the country list Companies blocked Syria during sanctions. Sanctions are gone. The blocks remain.

Syria is free. Now we need to unblock it. Assad fell in December 2024. The EU lifted sanctions in early 2025. The U.S. followed. But most companies still block Syrian users. Here's what we're doing about it 🧵

If you work at a company still blocking Syria: We have official U.S. Treasury documentation showing Syria is no longer under OFAC embargo. Share it with your legal team. One email can change policy.

How you can help: ⏱️ 30 seconds: Vote on services Syrians need most 📧 5 minutes: Email a company using our templates 💬 1 conversation: Tell someone at a blocked company Every action builds momentum.

So we built a platform to track every blocked service. 300+ services documented. Real-time status updates. Public accountability. And a Wall of Fame for companies doing the right thing.