# Sketchfab (سكتش فاب)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Epic Games](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/epic-games.md)
- Categories: Design Marketplaces & Assets, Portfolio & Creative, Stock Media
- Official site: https://sketchfab.com
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/sketchfab

## About

Platform for publishing, sharing, and discovering 3D models, with an in-browser viewer and support for AR and VR.

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. Community testing in May 2026 confirmed that accessing the site from a Syrian IP address returns a 403 error served by Amazon CloudFront, configured to block access from the country. The block has been verified, but no outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-05-29 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Sketchfab is blocked in Syria. Accessing sketchfab.com from a Syrian IP returns a 403 error served by Amazon CloudFront stating the distribution is configured to block access from the user's country. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/yfpbei4wxqc6rdno7awhrg05/svw03eoyyoy4lr678phils9l-2026-05-29-151200-hyprshot.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/sketchfab?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/sketchfab/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/sketchfab
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/sketchfab.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/sketchfab.md