# Surfshark (سيرف شارك)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Nord Security](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/nord-security.md)
- Categories: VPN Services, Antivirus & Endpoint Protection
- Official site: https://surfshark.com
- Community votes: 8
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/surfshark

## About

Budget-friendly VPN service with unlimited device connections and strong encryption

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community reports in January 2026 showing the Surfshark site unreachable without another VPN. The team contacted the company in February 2026, but support misunderstood the request, blaming Syria's own internet policies and offering a manual workaround instead of addressing its country-level restriction. No resolution yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to Surfshark at support@surfshark.com and legal@surfshark.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for Surfshark under the current post-sanctions legal framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-10 — Company Responded. Surfshark support responded but mischaracterized the issue, attributing access restrictions to Syria's internet policies rather than Surfshark's own country-level restrictions. They recommended an alternative manual connection method as a workaround. The response did not address our request to review IP-based restrictions under the updated sanctions framework.
- 2026-02-10 — Company Responded. Surfshark support responded but misunderstood the request — offered a manual VPN connection method for restricted countries, rather than addressing the request to lift IP restrictions on Syrian users accessing the service
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Surfshark support acknowledged receipt of the request.
- 2026-01-30 — Evidence Added. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/al3luj45uv8g474yft4eb6ti/o8c3mi9i34x74ho88j7pyexv-chrtxehhdblmhx09m9vqovy9-screenshot-2026-01-30-124816.png)
- 2026-01-30 — Verified. Community report confirms Surfshark website is blocked from Syria. The VPN provider's website is inaccessible without using an alternative VPN. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/t0je6oo0d5frnmcpl2o5jxut/chrtxehhdblmhx09m9vqovy9-screenshot-2026-01-30-124816.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/surfshark?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/surfshark/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/surfshark
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/surfshark.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/surfshark.md