# Claude (كلود)

> Claude is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-26.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Anthropic](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/anthropic.md)
- Categories: AI Assistants, AI Coding, AI Writing
- Official site: https://claude.ai
- Community votes: 1294
- Last updated: 2026-08-26
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/claude

## About

AI assistant by Anthropic for writing, analysis, coding, and research

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified in February 2026 with an HTTP 406 region-unavailable redirect. The team and community volunteers have written repeatedly through August 2026, but support@anthropic.com answers only with an automated AI agent, which has now confirmed it cannot escalate to the team that owns the supported-regions policy.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Follow-up Sent. Official follow-up email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to support@anthropic.com. The original February 9 outreach was routed to Anthropic's Trust and Safety team but received no substantive response in eight weeks. The email cited DeepSeek, Grammarly, and Replit as fully accessible competitors, and Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity as partially restored. Specific blocking details referenced: HTTP 406 redirect to anthropic.com/app-unavailable-in-region.
- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to Anthropic at support@anthropic.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for Claude under the current post-sanctions legal framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-26 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer emailed Anthropic's support team at support@anthropic.com asking for the Syria country restriction on Claude to be reviewed, citing the 24 August 2026 rescission of Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, the December 2025 repeal of the Caesar Act, the termination of the U.S. Syria sanctions program under Executive Order 14312, OFAC's removal of the Syrian Sanctions Regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, the EU sanctions lift, and License Exception SPP, and asked which regulation the restriction now rests on. Anthropic's Fin AI agent replied within a minute, saying supported regions follow the company's own Supported Regions Policy and independent risk assessments rather than any single regulation, and that it could not forward the request to legal or compliance. The volunteer wrote back asking only that an internal escalation or feedback request be opened with the team responsible for that policy. Fin answered that it has no mechanism to do so, even informally, and pointed to the published supported-countries page. Both replies are automated AI agent responses rather than a human review.
- 2026-08-23 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent a further outreach email to Anthropic's support team at support@anthropic.com asking for the Syria country restriction on Claude to be reviewed, citing the rescission of Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, the December 2025 repeal of the Caesar Act, the termination of the U.S. Syria sanctions program under Executive Order 14312, OFAC's removal of the Syrian Sanctions Regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, the European Union's sanctions lift, and License Exception SPP. Anthropic's Fin AI agent replied within two minutes, restating that supported regions are set by the company's compliance obligations together with its own risk assessments and directing the volunteer to the published supported-countries page. The reply is an automated AI agent response rather than a human review.
- 2026-07-18 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer emailed Anthropic's support team at support@anthropic.com requesting a compliance review to restore Claude access for users in Syria, citing the December 2025 U.S. Treasury announcement, Syria's removal from OFAC's embargoed country list, and the parallel EU sanctions lift. Anthropic's Fin AI agent replied within a minute from support@mail.anthropic.com. The reply pointed to the published supported-countries list, restated that access decisions follow U.S. export and sanctions law together with the company's own risk assessments, and explicitly said it could not confirm whether Syria is currently supported or give any timeline for a change, redirecting further questions to privacy@anthropic.com. The response is an automated AI agent reply rather than a human review.
- 2026-04-05 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer emailed Anthropic's support team at support@anthropic.com requesting a compliance review to restore Claude access for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 OFAC sanctions lift and EU sanctions removal, and included supporting resources from unblocksyria.com. Anthropic's Fin AI Agent responded with an automated acknowledgment, consistent with previous auto-replies indicating this inbox is not actively monitored by human agents.
- 2026-02-22 — Verified. Community verification from Syria via Syriatel mobile network. Claude remains fully blocked — accessing anthropic.com/app returns an HTTP 406 "Not acceptable" error: "The server cannot produce a response matching the values defined." This is Anthropic's standard region-blocking response for Syrian IP addresses. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/w3684itmjfkb0uaf95escw56/supgu84fmmqk47uvl13igh5a-1000186735.jpg)
- 2026-02-14 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent an additional request to Anthropic at support@anthropic.com requesting Claude access for Syria. Received the same auto-reply indicating the inbox is unmonitored.
- 2026-02-11 — Verified. Community member verified Claude remains blocked in Syria on both DSL and mobile data. Accessing claude.ai redirects to anthropic.com/app-unavailable-in-region with a 406 "Not Acceptable" error. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/s1pekscxr6vr2p8ev34c82qq/r2bs2vfl1c9kpk2jhnktff0b-claude.ai.png)
- 2026-02-10 — Evidence Added. User from Syria confirms Claude remains completely blocked when accessed via DSL connection. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/qdxhvvrv29e6mgxa31dyxubl/i2qnnj0r2vpdtedrbav9ol2y-screenshot-2026-02-10-211617.png)
- 2026-02-10 — Verified. Community member confirmed Claude remains completely blocked from Syria via DSL. The website is inaccessible from within the country. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/qdxhvvrv29e6mgxa31dyxubl/i2qnnj0r2vpdtedrbav9ol2y-screenshot-2026-02-10-211617.png)
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Auto-reply received from support@anthropic.com indicating the inbox is unmonitored. The response directed to their Help Center for support options.
- 2026-02-06 — Company Responded. Anthropic's support system responded to the unblocking request via an automated email from support@anthropic.com (powered by Fin AI). The response acknowledged receipt and stated the team would follow up, but did not provide a timeline or confirm any specific action regarding the compliance review. The response appears to be an automated acknowledgment rather than a human review, with the message escalated to the Trust and Safety team.
- 2026-02-06 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Anthropic's support team at support@anthropic.com requesting a compliance review to restore access for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2024 termination of the Syria Sanctions Program (Executive Order 14312), the OFAC removal of Syrian Sanctions Regulations, and the BIS License Exception SPP, and included links to the relevant regulatory notices and the Unblock Syria platform.

## 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

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