# Skrill (سكريل)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Paysafe](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/paysafe.md)
- Categories: Payment Services, Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Digital Wallets, Money Transfer
- Official site: https://www.skrill.com
- Community votes: 13
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/skrill

## About

Online payment platform for sending, receiving, and spending money globally

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A community report verified in February 2026 that selecting Syria on the site shows a message that Skrill is not yet available in the country, so residents cannot use the service. The team contacted the company in April 2026 asking it to review the country-level restriction under current US sanctions rules; no response yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-04-11 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Paysafe at pr@paysafe.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for Skrill under the current OFAC and BIS framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-16 — Verified. Community report verified that Skrill is blocked in Syria. When selecting Syria as the country on skrill.com, the page explicitly states: "Skrill is not yet available in Syria." The site loads but the service cannot be used by Syrian residents. Testing was done from Syria on Android. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/boz6s4o7gbznb4m0szqqm8nq/i8r36f43i1s7kdoj6d7z3za1-inbound4501580215976783839.jpg)

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