# Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) (البنك التجاري الكويتي)

> Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) is accessible in Syria, as of 2026-07-30.

- Status: accessible
- Outreach: Unblocked
- Company: [Commercial Bank of Kuwait](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/commercial-bank-of-kuwait.md)
- Categories: Banking
- Official site: https://www.cbk.com
- Community votes: 1
- Last updated: 2026-07-30
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/commercial-bank-of-kuwait

## About

Kuwaiti bank known as Al-Tijari, offering accounts, cards, loans, and mobile banking

## Activity summary

Accessible in Syria. After a community member contacted the bank's phone support and submitted documents, CBK lifted its Syria restriction in July 2026, and testing confirmed the Al-Tijari app and website both work without a VPN.

## Progress timeline

- 2026-07-30 — Fully Unblocked (Community Updates). A community member reported that after contacting CBK's phone support and submitting the requested documents, the bank lifted its restriction on Syria. Testing confirmed the Al-Tijari app and cbk.com both work fully from Syria, no VPN needed.

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