# Sora (سورا)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [OpenAI](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/openai.md)
- Categories: AI Video Generation, AI Image Generation, Video Editing
- Official site: https://sora.com
- Community votes: 22
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/sora

## About

OpenAI's AI model for generating realistic videos and images from text prompts

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. Community reports from February and March 2026 show that the app loads but video generation fails with a generic error, tested across multiple Syrian connections, consistent with requests being blocked at the provider level. The team named Sora in a follow-up to the company in March 2026, alongside its other products; no resolution yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Follow-up Sent. Official follow-up email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to support@openai.com. Sora was explicitly named alongside ChatGPT as blocked, with a request for a single corporate-level compliance review covering all three OpenAI products.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-06 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Sora remains blocked in Syria. The mobile app loads and the UI is functional, but attempting to generate video content returns a generic "Something went wrong" error. Testing was performed on both LTE (Syriatel) and DSL/Fiber connections with the same result, consistent with OpenAI blocking requests from Syrian IP addresses at the API level. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/zjd4eb3co5add5ilqsz4ysp1/dofzkoha60ni53rq8uqd0u37-img-1392.png)
- 2026-02-18 — Investigated. Community report from Syria. User reports Sora (OpenAI) is still blocked on both the Android app and the main website. Two evidence screenshots provided. Submitted via mobile (Android, Chrome). (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/jmuxxn71p6bz2dwj42b779g5/si2eddcpwhdwao00l9m52fud-1000878594.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/v6lbr4jo8t9uvwnmch1mheml/r1sziht6afqvd45ioygsu3ps-1000878596.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/sora?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/sora/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/sora
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/sora.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/sora.md