# 5Sim (5 سيم)

> 5Sim is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Categories: Phone Numbers & eSIM, Digital Goods
- Official site: https://5sim.net
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/5sim

## About

Virtual phone number service for receiving SMS verification codes from online platforms and applications

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, reported by community testing in May 2026. Accessing 5sim.net from Syrian IPs on two separate ISPs returns a 502 Bad Gateway error, consistent across both networks and suggesting upstream filtering rather than a transient outage, though the evidence is less conclusive than a typical geo-block page. No outreach has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-05-06 — Investigated. Community testing reported that 5sim.net is inaccessible from Syria. Accessing the site from Syrian IPs on both Syriatel and Tarassul networks returns «502 Bad Gateway». The error pattern is consistent across two independent ISPs, suggesting upstream filtering rather than a transient outage, though the response is unusual compared with typical geo-block pages. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ooyukl020iwnqrlylyfk2p3i/whr10z8smdaonez4escgjrbc-1000077169.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/5sim?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/5sim/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/5sim
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/5sim.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/5sim.md