# DeepL (ديب إل)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [DeepL](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/deepl.md)
- Categories: Translation, AI Writing, API Services
- Official site: https://www.deepl.com
- Community votes: 47
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/deepl

## About

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## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. The team first contacted the company in February 2026, and DeepL replied that it restricts service under trade and sanctions rules and would review only if governments changed the rules. A community volunteer renewed the request in April 2026 noting sanctions had been lifted, but received only an automated reply that did not address the issue. No resolution yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to DeepL at support@deepl.com and legal@deepl.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for DeepL under the current post-sanctions legal framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-04-20 — Company Responded. DeepL's support team responded via support@deepl.com with an automated reply stating that no DeepL subscription was found associated with the sender's email address. The response did not address the substance of the unblocking request and instead directed the volunteer to the DeepL Help Center or the Sales Contact Form for new subscriptions. The response appears to be an automated routing acknowledgment rather than a human compliance review.
- 2026-04-20 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed DeepL's support team at support@deepl.com requesting that service access be enabled for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions, linked to OFAC documentation, and included supporting materials from unblocksyria.com/resources. This outreach follows the February 9 official contact, which received only a generic policy-compliance acknowledgment from the support team.
- 2026-02-09 — Company Responded. DeepL support team responded to the outreach email. They stated that DeepL is committed to complying with applicable laws and regulations, including international trade restrictions and sanctions, and reserves the right to restrict services in certain territories. They indicated they will review restricted regions if US/EU governments make changes to embargoed countries.

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