# Udemy (يوديمي)

> Udemy is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-09-09.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Declined
- Company: [Udemy](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/udemy.md)
- Categories: Online Courses, Certification & Testing, Creator Economy
- Official site: https://www.udemy.com
- Community votes: 678
- Last updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/udemy

## About

Massive online course marketplace with thousands of instructor-led video courses

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. The team has pressed Udemy for a review since February 2026 and the company keeps refusing, most recently in September, saying it is aware of the sanctions changes but its policy on restricted countries is unchanged.

## Progress timeline

- 2026-09-09 — Declined (Community Updates). Udemy's Trust and Safety team refused again on a new request, saying it is aware of the recent sanctions changes but certain restrictions remain, so its policy has not changed and it still cannot support customers in restricted countries including Syria.
- 2026-09-02 — Declined (Community Updates). Udemy gave the instructor the same boilerplate reply it has used since February: aware of the changes, but restrictions on Syria remain in place.
- 2026-09-02 — Contacted Company (Community Updates). A Udemy instructor wrote to the company on his own initiative after noticing growing enrollment attempts from Syrian students, asking whether the Syria restriction would be reconsidered.
- 2026-08-31 — Declined (Community Updates). Udemy's escalations team gave a first substantive answer: its technology, payment and content partners still prohibit Syria operations, and the legal environment remains too fluid to lift the block yet.
- 2026-08-27 — Escalated (Community Updates). After a volunteer pushed back on the boilerplate reply, Udemy forwarded the case to its Escalations Team for further review.
- 2026-08-01 — Declined (Community Updates). Each time, Udemy replied with the same message: it is aware of the sanctions changes but its policy toward restricted countries, including Syria, has not changed.
- 2026-08-01 — Follow-up Sent (Community Updates). Between March and August 2026, several community volunteers separately wrote to Udemy's legal and policy teams, citing the same sanctions relief and asking it to reconsider the Syria block.
- 2026-03-31 — Declined (Our Outreach). Udemy replied with its standard message: aware of the sanctions changes, but restrictions and account suspensions for Syria continue.
- 2026-03-30 — Contacted Company (Our Outreach). UnblockSyria's co-founder sent a second, more detailed official request, describing Udemy's practice of disabling the accounts of Syrian users who asked about the block and noting that competing education platforms had already restored access.
- 2026-03-02 — Note (Community Updates). A community member started a Change.org petition asking Udemy to lift its Syria block, gathering over 400 signatures.
- 2026-02-11 — Verified (Community Updates). A community member confirmed via a DSL connection that Udemy is fully blocked in Syria, with a screenshot as evidence.
- 2026-02-10 — Declined (Our Outreach). Udemy replied that despite the sanctions changes, its policy toward restricted countries including Syria is unchanged and account suspensions continue.
- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company (Our Outreach). UnblockSyria's co-founder wrote to Udemy's legal and policy teams asking it to review its Syria IP restriction in light of the 2025 US and EU sanctions relief, noting peer platforms had already restored access.
- 2026-02-09 — Evidence Added (Community Updates). A community member forwarded a Udemy support exchange in which the company disabled their account and stated it does not support customers in restricted countries including Syria.

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