IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains declined the same day, repeating that its export control and operational restrictions do not currently allow sales to Syria, with policies unchanged.

A community volunteer wrote to JetBrains asking it to enable service access for Syria given the sanctions lift, copying us on the exchange.

We followed up again, noting that 18 of the 100 developer-tools platforms we track had by then restored Syria access, and asked JetBrains for an update on its review.

A community volunteer wrote to JetBrains naming IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm specifically, asking it to review restrictions given the 2025 sanctions lift. No reply was received.

We followed up, noting JetBrains is headquartered in the EU (also revising its Syria sanctions), that our request covers individual users only, and asked for a review timeline.

JetBrains' sales team confirmed its export-control policy still bars Syria and declined to escalate the request to its legal team despite additional regulatory documentation provided.

After the volunteer's follow-up citing updated OFAC/State Department guidance, JetBrains Sales declined again, citing its internal Trade Control Policy with no stated timeline.

JetBrains Legal replied that its policy categorizes Syria as export-sensitive and predates the sanctions lift. It opened a compliance review and said it would keep us updated.

We wrote to JetBrains's Legal Department asking it to review its country-level IP restrictions on Syria, citing the 2025 lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions and the narrow scope of our request.

A community volunteer wrote directly to JetBrains sales requesting access for Syria, citing the 2025 U.S. Treasury sanctions lift, and forwarded the exchange to us.

A community volunteer wrote to JetBrains' sales team requesting Syria be added to supported countries, citing the end of U.S. and EU sanctions, and copied UnblockSyria.