# Acronis (أكرونيس)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Declined
- Company: [Acronis](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/acronis.md)
- Categories: Cloud Storage, Antivirus & Endpoint Protection, IT & Network Management, Security Tools
- Official site: https://www.acronis.com
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/acronis

## About

Cyber protection platform combining backup, disaster recovery, and endpoint security

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, where Acronis maintains an explicit sanctions and export controls compliance policy. The team contacted the company in February 2026 and sent a follow-up that month. Later in February the company declined, stating the service is not available in Syria with no estimated timeframe for introducing it.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-26 — Declined. Acronis support responded to the unblocking request via case #07133210, with a human review from a named support engineer. The response stated that Acronis service in Syria is currently not available and that while there are plans to introduce the service in the future, there is no estimated timeframe at this time. The case was marked as solved and closed.
- 2026-02-17 — Follow-up Sent. A follow-up email was sent to Acronis support at support@acronis.com regarding case #07133210, two weeks after the initial outreach received no substantive response. The follow-up reiterated the request for a compliance review to restore access for users in Syria, referencing the updated OFAC and EU sanctions framework and noting that other technology companies have already resumed services.
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Community member contacted Acronis Customer Care about enabling service access in Syria. Acronis support confirmed they are checking internally with the relevant team and will provide an update.
- 2026-02-07 — Evidence Added. Evidence of blocking documented. Acronis maintains an explicit sanctions and export controls compliance policy affecting Syria. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/m7a8r0cxap6dyfysiqeicz86/i8bnm6m6o6904o2rnz7ktn1s-cleanshot-2026-02-07-at-16.06.39.png, https://www.acronis.com/en/support/sanctions-and-export-controls-compliance-policy/)

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