# LINE (لاين)

> LINE is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-25.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [LY Corporation](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/ly-corporation.md)
- Categories: Messaging
- Official site: https://line.me
- Community votes: 2
- Last updated: 2026-08-25
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/line

## About

Japanese messaging app for chat, voice and video calls, with payments, news, and stickers, widely used in Japan, Taiwan and Thailand

## Activity summary

Restricted in Syria. Community testing in August 2026 confirmed that setting the country to Syrian Arab Republic on LINE's account verification screen returns a message that the feature is not available in the user's country, so no new account can be created. The app itself loads and Google sign-in works, and no outreach has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-25 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that LINE cannot be registered from Syria. With the country set to Syrian Arab Republic on the account verification screen, the app returns the dialog «Sorry, this feature isn't available in your country» with reference code [0dKxu_64]. The app itself loads and Google sign-in proceeds normally, so the restriction sits at the verification step rather than at the network level. The community report adds that Syrian phone numbers are not offered as a verification option at all. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/xrc46ekk8rmyod2n6mv80f7f/xvzrfzeo9l7v1hzz7ww85dq0.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/qb1ffsnojujqtq0a9nh4fy4b/hm2orgalb98mbz8yuaumdf49.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/l9f8tkih8sdfndrd3ae1xqza/qv3ab62xoisghi3v2h97i325.jpg)

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