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Microsoft Azure is restricted in Syria, as of .
Cloud computing platform offering hosting, databases, AI, and enterprise services
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Progress Timeline
Activity Summary
Restricted for users in Syria, verified in February 2026: the portal and documentation are reachable, but Syria is absent from the country dropdown during account creation, preventing Syrian users from signing up. A community volunteer contacted the company in May 2026 citing the lifting of sanctions; the company replied at engineer and manager level, but reaffirmed that Syria is not a supported billing region and deferred any change to internal compliance review with no timeline.
Company Responded
Following the May 22 closure of the Syria billing-geography support case, a manager from Microsoft Azure's Billing and Subscription Management team sent a follow-up to the community volunteer via supportmail@techsupport.microsoft.com. The manager apologized for the inconvenience experienced while ex...
Note
Microsoft Azure Billing Support formally closed the Syria billing-geography support case on May 22, marking it resolved after the community volunteer confirmed the support-side query could be archived. The closure reaffirmed that Syria remains unsupported as a billing geography for self-service Azur...
Follow-up Sent
The community volunteer replied to Microsoft Azure Support's follow-up confirming receipt and thanked the engineering team referral. The volunteer also submitted the same Syria country/region feedback through Microsoft's official Azure community feedback portal at feedback.azure.com and shared the p...
Follow-up Sent
The community volunteer replied requesting that the case be forwarded to relevant Microsoft internal teams including legal, compliance, sanctions, policy, and Azure regional availability teams. The follow-up emphasized that many legitimate Syrian developers, businesses, NGOs, and organizations want ...
Company Responded
Microsoft Azure Billing Support responded via supportmail@techsupport.microsoft.com with a detailed human reply from a Support Engineer in the Azure Billing and Subscription Management team. The response stated that Syria is currently not supported as a billing geography for self-service Azure subsc...
Contacted Company
A community volunteer emailed Microsoft Azure's export controls team at eccn@microsoft.com requesting that Syria be added back as a supported country/region for account registration, billing profile configuration, organization onboarding, subscription management, and Azure support and compliance ver...
Investigated
Community testing revealed that while Microsoft Azure's main portal and documentation are accessible from Syria, the platform does not include Syria in its country/region selection dropdown during account creation and service configuration. The list jumps directly from "Saudi Arabia" to "Senegal," e...
Verified
Community report from Syria confirms Microsoft Azure is accessible and functioning normally without a VPN. Previously listed as blocked.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft Azure is restricted in Syria. Access may require workarounds or may not be fully functional. We are monitoring the situation.
Many international services blocked access to Syria due to previous sanctions and compliance policies. Even as sanctions are being reviewed, some companies have not yet restored access. Unblock Syria tracks these services and advocates for change.
You can help by voting on this page to show demand, sharing it on social media, and contacting Microsoft Azure directly to request they restore access for Syrian users.