# Signal (سيجنال)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Signal Foundation](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/signal-foundation.md)
- Categories: Messaging, Encrypted Communication, Video Calling
- Official site: https://signal.org
- Community votes: 44
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/signal

## About

Privacy-focused encrypted messaging app for secure texts, calls, and group chats

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A community member verified in February 2026 that registration fails because SMS verification codes are not delivered to Syrian phone numbers, leaving the process stuck on a loading screen even though Syria appears in the country list. The team contacted the company in April 2026 and a community volunteer followed up in August, asking it to direct its SMS providers to restore code delivery. No response to either.

## Official timeline

- 2026-04-11 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Signal Foundation at privacy@signal.org requesting review of Syria IP restrictions under the current OFAC and BIS framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-03 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer wrote to Signal at privacy@signal.org and press@signal.org asking the foundation to clear the registration barrier facing users in Syria. The email focused on third-party SMS aggregators dropping verification codes sent to the +963 country code, which makes account creation impossible even though Syria appears in the country list, and asked Signal to direct its telephony vendors to restore code delivery and to confirm that edge servers do not drop registration traffic from Syrian networks. It set out the 2025 US, EU, UK and multilateral sanctions changes and argued that a country-wide registration lockout is unnecessary given Signal's existing per-account abuse controls.
- 2026-02-23 — Investigated. Community member from Syria reported that Signal registration is blocked. The Signal app loads the phone number registration screen and Syria (+963) is listed as a country option, but the verification process gets stuck on a loading spinner, preventing completion. This suggests that SMS verification codes cannot be delivered to Syrian phone numbers, effectively blocking new user registration from Syria. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ummc0dwh404bzj1l7r74llu8/xym6xyrmc276qdvbh00pw5ph-20260223-082522-.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/signal?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/signal/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/signal
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/signal.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/signal.md