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Subject: Syria sanctions lifted, request to restore access for Syrian users

Hello,

Users in Syria are currently unable to access your service. I would like to ask that this restriction be reviewed.

On August 24, 2026, the United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, ending a designation that had been in place since 1979. It was the last major country-level barrier. The measures that remain are targeted at specific individuals tied to the former regime and do not require blocking Syrian users.

Could you please forward this to your legal or compliance team? The key points for them:

- Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism was rescinded on August 24, 2026.
- The Caesar Act was repealed on December 18, 2025.
- The U.S. Syria sanctions program was terminated by Executive Order 14312, effective July 1, 2025, and OFAC removed the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 542) from the Code of Federal Regulations on August 26, 2025.
- The European Union lifted its economic sanctions on May 28, 2025.
- The UK, Canada, Switzerland and Australia have all lifted or substantially eased their Syria sanctions as well.
- License Exception SPP (15 CFR 740.5) authorizes the export and reexport to Syria of all items designated EAR99, which covers most commercial software, with no individual license required.

Official source documents, including the joint Treasury, State and Commerce Tri-Seal Advisory "Sanctions and Export Controls Relief for Syria", are collected here: https://unblocksyria.com/resources

In May 2026, Syria processed its first live Visa and Mastercard transactions in over 15 years, and a local payments network connected to the global card rails has launched since. Companies including the Fedora Project, Kaggle, Firebase and AMBOSS have already completed this review and restored access.

If your service remains restricted after review, could you let me know which regulation the restriction is based on?

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,

Hi,

I wanted to raise something that matters to me and to many other Syrians.

I hope you don't mind me reaching out. Your company's service is currently blocked for users in Syria, and I wanted to flag that the U.S. rules behind that kind of block have changed.

The U.S. Syria sanctions program ended in July 2025, the Caesar Act was repealed in December 2025, and Syria came off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list on August 24, 2026. For most commercial software, License Exception SPP (15 CFR 740.5) has authorized export to Syria without an individual license since September 2025. The EU lifted its economic sanctions in May 2025.

Would you be able to pass this to whoever owns country restrictions or compliance? Official documentation is collected at https://unblocksyria.com/resources.

Thank you.