# CapCut (كاب كات)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [ByteDance](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/bytedance.md)
- Categories: Video Editing, AI Video Generation, AI Voice & Music, Photo Editing
- Official site: https://www.capcut.com
- Community votes: 427
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/capcut

## About

Free video editing app by ByteDance with powerful effects, filters, and AI-powered tools

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. The team first contacted the company in February 2026 asking it to review its Syria IP restrictions, and in March 2026 sent a follow-up naming the service among the company's blocked products and requesting a single corporate-level compliance review. No response or resolution has been recorded yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Follow-up Sent. Official outreach email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to ethics@bytedance.com. CapCut was explicitly named alongside TikTok as a blocked ByteDance product. The email requested a single corporate-level compliance review covering all three platforms.
- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to ByteDance at ethics@bytedance.com and legal@bytedance.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for CapCut under the current post-sanctions legal framework.

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