# IBM (آي بي إم)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [IBM](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/ibm.md)
- Categories: Cloud Hosting, AI Infrastructure & Platforms, Business Software, Databases, Hardware & Embedded, Observability & Monitoring, Security Tools
- Official site: https://ibm.com
- Community votes: 40
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/ibm

## About

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## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified in February 2026 when the website and cloud services were found inaccessible from Syrian IP addresses. The team first contacted the company in February 2026 and a community volunteer sent a follow-up in April 2026, citing the lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions. No response has been received yet.

## Official timeline

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

## Community reports

- 2026-04-20 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed IBM's trust and compliance team at trustww@us.ibm.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, 2026 official contact at the same address, which received no response.
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Email to legal@ibm.com bounced — address not found
- 2026-02-09 — Investigated. IBM's website and cloud services are blocked for users in Syria. Accessing ibm.com from a Syrian IP address results in being denied access. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/bfoahmuof0dx553u8g0dfclz/b8el9jokh8ya05uavnrk7f06-screenshot-2026-02-09-175837.png)

## Evidence

- https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/bfoahmuof0dx553u8g0dfclz/b8el9jokh8ya05uavnrk7f06-screenshot-2026-02-09-175837.png

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