# FaceTime (فيس تايم)

> FaceTime works in Syria, but not all of it, as of 2026-09-15.

- Status: usable
- Outreach: No Response
- Company: [Apple](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/apple.md)
- Categories: Video Calling, Encrypted Communication
- Official site: https://www.apple.com/facetime/
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-09-15
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/facetime

## About

Apple's video and audio calling service across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with web links for other devices

## Activity summary

Accessible in Syria. A community volunteer wrote to Apple's legal and executive teams in February and March 2026 asking it to enable access for Syria after the sanctions lift, but no response was recorded.

## Progress timeline

- 2026-03-03 — Follow-up Sent (Community Updates). A community volunteer followed up again with Apple's executive escalations team, repeating the request to enable Syria access after the 2025 sanctions lift.
- 2026-02-24 — Follow-up Sent (Community Updates). A community volunteer again emailed Apple's executive escalations team asking whether Syria access was being reviewed after the 2025 sanctions lift.
- 2026-02-16 — Follow-up Sent (Community Updates). A community volunteer emailed Apple's data protection office requesting that access be enabled for Syrian users following the 2025 sanctions lift.
- 2026-02-15 — Follow-up Sent (Community Updates). The same volunteer also emailed Apple's executive escalations team eight minutes later, repeating the request to enable Syria access.
- 2026-02-15 — Follow-up Sent (Community Updates). A community volunteer emailed Apple's legal team requesting that access be enabled for Syria, citing the 2025 sanctions lift and other companies that had already restored service.

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