# PBS Kids (بي بي إس كيدز)

> PBS Kids is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [PBS](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/pbs.md)
- Categories: Kids & Family Education, Video Streaming
- Official site: https://pbskids.org
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/pbs-kids

## About

Educational games, videos, and interactive activities for children

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified in February 2026 with the site returning a 403 geo-block from its AWS CloudFront CDN, configured to block access from the country. The team reached out to the company that same month citing the lifting of sanctions, but no response has been received and the block remains in place.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-20 — Verified. Confirmed that PBS Kids remains blocked from Syria via Trasal DSL. Accessing pbskids.org returns a 403 ERROR from Amazon CloudFront with the explicit message: "The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country." The PBS help portal (help.pbs.org) also returns 403 Forbidden. Blocking is implemented at the AWS CloudFront CDN level with explicit country-based geo-restriction. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ji9340n1rsefzib1mgrx53a1/apr43fr5kixf16az82rl364q-screenshot-2026-02-20-225649.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/bc1hsrnsa9v8jdtdts8wh4nu/jrvk6y01rd7eudz8jgjsgt6p-screenshot-2026-02-20-225655.png)
- 2026-02-20 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to PBS Kids at kids@pbs.org requesting that service access be enabled for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 OFAC sanctions lift and EU sanctions removal, included links to official U.S. Treasury documentation, and noted that several other companies have already restored access. Supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources was also attached.

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