# Facebook (فيسبوك)

> Facebook is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-08.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Meta](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/meta.md)
- Categories: Social Media
- Official site: https://www.facebook.com
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-08
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/facebook

## About

Social networking platform for sharing posts and photos and connecting with people, pages, and groups

## Activity summary

Restricted in Syria. Community testing in August 2026 confirmed that Facebook itself loads normally and accounts stay signed in, but SMS confirmation codes sent to Syrian mobile numbers never arrive, so phone verification cannot be completed. Syria is selectable in the country list and the site reports the code as sent. No outreach on this service yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-06 — Investigated. Community testing found that Facebook account features are restricted for users in Syria. The site loads normally in Arabic and the account stays signed in, but adding a Syrian mobile number in Accounts Center never delivers the SMS confirmation code. Syria is selectable in the country list and Facebook confirms on screen that a code was sent, yet nothing arrived across more than five attempts, leaving phone verification impossible to complete.

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