# Perplexity (بيربلكستي)

> Perplexity is available in Syria with limited functionality, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: limited
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Perplexity AI](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/perplexity-ai.md)
- Categories: Search Engines, AI Assistants, AI Image Generation, Web Browsers
- Official site: https://www.perplexity.ai
- Community votes: 30
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/perplexity

## About

AI-powered search engine delivering sourced answers with real-time web data

## Activity summary

Partially blocked in Syria, verified by community testing in February 2026: text search and chat work, but image generation is restricted and the Pro subscription cannot be paid because the payment processor is unavailable. A community volunteer contacted the company in February 2026, but its support agent replied that Syria was not blocked, which contradicts the verified feature restrictions. No resolution has followed.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-23 — Company Responded. Perplexity's support team responded via an AI support agent from support@perplexity.ai stating that Syria is not currently listed among blocked countries in their system and that users should be able to access Perplexity services normally. The agent asked whether any specific access issues were being experienced. This contradicts verified reports from Feb 18 showing that image generation is explicitly restricted for Syrian users and Pro subscription payments fail due to Stripe unavailability. The response appears to be an automated AI agent reply rather than a human review of the specific restrictions.
- 2026-02-23 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer contacted Perplexity's support team informing them that Syria no longer has sanctions from the U.S. Treasury and the European Union, and requesting that any remaining restrictions be reviewed and lifted.
- 2026-02-18 — Verified. Community member verified that Perplexity AI is partially accessible from Syria via DSL. Login and text-based AI search/chat work normally. However, two features are blocked: (1) image generation is explicitly restricted for Syrian users, and (2) the Pro subscription payment page fails to load properly due to Stripe payment processing being unavailable in Syria. Status updated from accessible to limited. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/x0p4zgjxxavuiv7vxf81e3v9/hn0a7r4wtbycaersfjq7qpyo-screenshot-2026-02-18-234524.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/q71ner6hsekqdsp1wp16ed28/z3yzqs7wmw8i7nskkmbt8vfl-screenshot-2026-02-18-234717.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/o0pvsqm6r8sc8zlh2zszqm08/j3ttda3d6hguewhsnnp535ig-screenshot-2026-02-18-234824.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.

## Machine-readable

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