Upwork

The same volunteer wrote again in August, repeating the request and noting nearly 300 UnblockSyria votes for Upwork access.

A Legal Support Analyst gave a substantive human reply confirming Upwork remains unsupported in Syria with no timeline, said country-availability decisions rest with product and compliance teams, and confirmed the request was passed along.

UnblockSyria's legal advisor wrote formally to Upwork's legal team, detailing the IP geoblock, the risk of account suspension from a Syrian IP, and the contradiction with Upwork's own eligibility page, and requested a compliance review.

The same volunteer sent a brief follow-up nearly four weeks later, simply asking for a response, with no new documentation.

UnblockSyria's co-founder followed up officially, noting only an automated reply had followed the February outreach while Upwork's eligibility page no longer lists Syria yet IP blocking and account restrictions persist.

A community volunteer wrote to Upwork's support asking why Syria stayed blocked despite no longer appearing on the eligibility page, citing Kaggle's restored access and competitor PeoplePerHour, and asked for escalation to legal and policy teams.

A community volunteer followed up, noting Syria was still absent from Upwork's eligibility page months after the sanctions lift and that Kaggle had recently restored access, and escalated it to the legal inbox.

A community volunteer asked Upwork to check on a months-old support ticket that had been marked resolved without the underlying issue being fixed, and requested escalation.

A community volunteer wrote again to Upwork's legal notices inbox, noting that competitor PeoplePerHour had already restored Syria access.

A community member reported, without independent verification, that using an Upwork account from Syria without a VPN preserving its original location can trigger an automatic ban.

A community member, an information security consultant, formally asked Upwork to review its Syria policy given the lifted U.S. sanctions, framing it as a compliance rather than political question.

A Syrian developer wrote to Upwork's legal notices inbox asking that Syria access be enabled, citing the December 2025 sanctions lift.

UnblockSyria's co-founder wrote formally to Upwork's legal team requesting a review of the Syria IP block under the current U.S. and EU sanctions framework.

Upwork's Trust & Safety team told a community member that Syria remained outside its supported locations and to check back in future, declining an earlier access request.

A community volunteer opened a support ticket with Upwork asking that Syria access be enabled, citing the December 2025 sanctions lift, with official U.S. Treasury documentation attached.

Upwork's Trust & Safety team upheld a permanent suspension tied to a Syria-location review ('We can't see your location'), warning that any new account would be closed immediately.