# BeReal (بي ريل)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [BeReal](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/bereal.md)
- Categories: Social Media, Photo & Visual Sharing
- Official site: https://bereal.com
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bereal

## About

Photo-sharing social app promoting authenticity with daily unfiltered snapshots

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, reported by the community in February 2026, with users seeing a "country not supported" error when adding a Syrian phone number. A community volunteer emailed BeReal that same month requesting access for users in Syria, citing the lifting of sanctions. The company has not responded, and there is no resolution yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-18 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed BeReal at contact@bere.al requesting that the photo-sharing social app enable access for users in Syria. The email referenced the lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions on Syria, included links to official OFAC documentation and unblocksyria.com resources, and noted that several other companies have already re-enabled access.
- 2026-02-18 — Investigated. Community report from Syria. User reports BeReal is blocked — got the option to add a Syrian phone number but received "country not supported" error. Two evidence screenshots provided showing the error. Submitted via desktop (Windows, Opera). (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/c9ui06rrjn6o142sngssmo1a/bmryiwvofh98ny099ro8bfn6-screenshot-20260218-143115-bereal.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/rm6v1yu623puaa6ugwdgqhfp/w3e3u9aesjk3vdkn92g1wmgj-screenshot-20260218-143203-bereal.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/bereal?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bereal/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bereal
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/bereal.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/bereal.md