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New York Times works in Syria, but not all of it, as of .

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What works

Each part of the service, checked from Syria.

Core useWorks

From a Syrian connection on desktop, New York Times content loaded normally: the Middle East news section, a video that played, and NYT Cooking recipes.

Landing pageWorks

From a Syrian connection on desktop, the nytimes.com home page opened and loaded its content normally.

Sign-upWorks

A reader in Syria was using their own free New York Times account, signed in with their email, which shows an account can be held from Syria. The sign-up step itself was not captured.

Sign-inWorks

From a Syrian connection, a reader signed in to their New York Times account with email and browsed the news site while signed in; the account had no subscription and limited article access.

PaymentFails

From a Syrian connection, checkout for a New York Times subscription failed at payment: Google Pay returned "Something went wrong" with error OR_IBSP_01. The reporter said card and PayPal payments failed too; only the Google Pay error was captured.

UpgradeFails

Moving from a free account to a paid New York Times subscription was not possible from Syria because the payment step failed, as recorded under Payment. The error gave no reason for the refusal.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Partly. The core use of New York Times works in Syria, but something else about it fails or has not been checked. This page lists what works and what does not.

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