# Adobe Lightroom (لايت روم)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Adobe](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/adobe.md)
- Categories: Photo Editing, Cloud Storage
- Official site: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html
- Community votes: 30
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/adobe-lightroom

## About

Professional photo editing and management software for photographers of all levels

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, enforced at Adobe's CDN layer and confirmed by community testing in early 2026. The team and community volunteers contacted Adobe repeatedly from February to June 2026, and Adobe's export compliance team replied that the request is under review without committing to a timeline. The block remains.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Sent official outreach email to Adobe requesting the unblocking of Lightroom in Syria, as part of a broader request covering 11 Adobe services including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Creative Cloud.

## Community reports

- 2026-06-26 — Company Responded. Adobe's Export Compliance team replied from export@adobe.com, stating the inquiry is under review and has been noted as part of the evaluation process, and directing the team to visit Adobe.com periodically for updates. The reply is a human but near-template response that repeats Adobe's earlier April 2026 non-committal reply, with no timeline or specific commitment.
- 2026-06-24 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer emailed Adobe's export compliance team at export@adobe.com requesting that service access be enabled for users in Syria, citing the December 2025 lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions, OFAC documentation, and supporting materials from unblocksyria.com/resources. This is a renewed outreach following earlier contacts since February 2026.
- 2026-03-17 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Adobe at clientcare@adobe.com requesting a review of restrictions on Adobe Lightroom and other Adobe services in Syria. The email cited the easing of sanctions and noted the growing community of photographers and designers in Syria. This is the first outreach recorded for Adobe Lightroom.
- 2026-02-14 — Verified. Blocking confirmed from inside Syria. Adobe Lightroom product page returns "Access Denied — You don't have permission to access this on this server." The error references Akamai's edge network (errors.edgesuite.net), indicating the block is enforced at Adobe's CDN layer. The service is completely inaccessible from Syrian IP addresses. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/qbizvywho1wct1lxrxyvlo9u/ra5ts6k2l94prpc9t7fymoiq-lightroom.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/adobe-lightroom?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/adobe-lightroom/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/adobe-lightroom
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/adobe-lightroom.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/adobe-lightroom.md