# Red Hat (ريد هات)

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

- Status: limited
- Outreach: Declined
- Company: [Red Hat](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/red-hat.md)
- Categories: Operating Systems, Automation, Certification & Testing, CI/CD & DevOps, Cloud Hosting, Developer Tools, Package Registries
- Official site: https://www.redhat.com
- Community votes: 12
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/red-hat

## About

Enterprise Linux distributions, container registries, and cloud infrastructure services

## Activity summary

Partially blocked in Syria. A community report in February 2026 relayed an official refusal from the company's export compliance team, citing ongoing US export regulations, so product downloads and container registries remain blocked while the website stays browsable. The company has declined to restore the blocked services.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-11 — Declined. Red Hat's Export Compliance Team (IBM) issued a definitive refusal: "Red Hat products such as RHEL cannot be exported to Syria still, due to US Commerce Dept regulations that are still in place." Downloads (RHEL, quay.io container images) and training services remain blocked, while the website stays browsable.
- 2026-02-11 — Company Responded. Community member contacted Red Hat and received an official response from the Red Hat Export Compliance Team (IBM). Their response: "Red Hat products such as RHEL cannot be exported to Syria still, due to US Commerce Dept regulations that are still in place." The submitter confirmed that the website is browsable but downloads (RHEL, quay.io container images) and training services are blocked. Source: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/13135#issue-68587 (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/htcyrnvrxvgk4ud16zda5qmw/y3r8d3wdsdc1pm917m11owdc-pasted-image.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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