# Arab National Bank (البنك العربي الوطني)

> Arab National Bank is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-09-09.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Arab National Bank](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/arab-national-bank.md)
- Categories: Banking
- Official site: https://anb.com.sa
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/arab-national-bank

## About

Saudi retail and corporate bank offering online banking and a mobile app for accounts, transfers and cards

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. Community testing in September 2026 found the bank's mobile app unable to reach its servers from a Syrian connection, leaving Syrians who returned from Saudi Arabia unable to use their accounts. No outreach yet.

## Progress timeline

- 2026-09-09 — Investigated (Community Updates). Community testing from Syria found the Arab National Bank mobile app unable to reach its servers, showing a No Internet Connection error while the device was online over Wi-Fi. Syrians returning from Saudi Arabia report being unable to use their accounts. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/r3s812xlsks5dz0kna5lghqd/rxbsrbzosjp631s3q43lff5n.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/arab-national-bank?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/arab-national-bank/timeline-entries?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/arab-national-bank
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/arab-national-bank.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/arab-national-bank.md