# Best Buy (بيست باي)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Best Buy](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/best-buy.md)
- Categories: Retail & Brand Stores, Consumer Devices
- Official site: https://www.bestbuy.com
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/best-buy

## About

Major American consumer electronics retailer selling tech products online and in stores

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified in February 2026, with the site returning an Akamai access-denied page across multiple Syrian ISPs. A community volunteer emailed the company in February 2026 requesting a compliance review and citing the lifting of sanctions, but no response has been received.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-26 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer sent a dedicated email to Best Buy's privacy team at privacymanager@bestbuy.com requesting a compliance review to restore access for users in Syria. The email referenced the 2025 OFAC and EU sanctions lift with supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources, and noted that several other companies have already re-enabled access. No response has been received.
- 2026-02-24 — Verified. Community testing confirmed that Best Buy remains blocked in Syria. Accessing bestbuy.com returns an Akamai CDN "Access Denied" page with the message "You don't have permission to access http://bestbuy.com/ on this server" and a reference to errors.edgesuite.net. The block was verified across three Syrian ISPs: MTN, Syriatel, and ADSL. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/jui1c1ae7fta9vq7dno1b623/th1fkztn4zgewtakfeh47t72-screen-1.jpg)

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