# McKinsey Forward (ماكنزي فورورد)

> McKinsey Forward is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [McKinsey & Company](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/mckinsey.md)
- Categories: Online Courses, Certification & Testing
- Official site: https://www.mckinsey.org/forward
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/mckinsey-forward

## About

Free online professional development program offering business and leadership skills training

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria, verified in March 2026, when community testing found the program's information pages load but the application form is blocked for residents of Syria for legal reasons. Further testing in May 2026 showed the registration form, hosted on a third-party platform, returns a CDN-level access-denied page. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-05-18 — Evidence Added. Community testing from Syria documented a CDN-level block on the McKinsey Forward program's registration form. The form is hosted on Qualtrics infrastructure at surveys.online; accessing the survey URL from a Syrian IP returns an Akamai-served «Access Denied» page (errors.edgesuite.net) rather than reaching the form itself. This indicates the block is enforced at the CDN edge before the in-form eligibility check that previous testing observed on the main mckinsey.org Forward page. Status remains restricted: the program's information pages are accessible from Syria, but the actual registration entry point is blocked. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/q6thc9ynhfhobv83f0tisuu3/wqp3u74mr576y9ivsocs5sz7-screenshot-2026-05-18-143431.png)
- 2026-03-19 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that McKinsey Forward is restricted in Syria. The program's website at mckinsey.org is accessible, but the application form displays a message stating: "Unfortunately, you cannot apply at this time because you are not residing in one of the countries where Forward is available." The restriction is attributed to "legal reasons," consistent with sanctions-related compliance policies. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/dxthz4g7opt6wyjsr9d2nxhr/ea48bzgg1ms48tq0ltzlfllx-screenshot-2026-03-19-at-5.59.50-pm.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.

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