# Weather.com (ويذر دوت كوم)

> Weather.com is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-07-17.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [The Weather Company](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/the-weather-company.md)
- Categories: Weather
- Official site: https://weather.com
- Community votes: 52
- Last updated: 2026-07-17
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/weather-com

## About

Comprehensive weather forecasting website with radar maps, alerts, and daily reports

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified by community reports in February 2026. A community volunteer reached out in March 2026 and the company's compliance team initially engaged, requesting Syrian IP ranges, but later that month it declined, citing the State Sponsor of Terrorism designation and infrastructure constraints. Repeated follow-ups through April 2026 went unanswered.

## Community reports

- 2026-04-13 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent another follow-up email directly to Weather.com's legal contact at robert.kouchoukos@weather.com, nearly two weeks after the previous follow-up on April 1 which also received no response. The company has not responded since the March 16 decline citing infrastructure constraints and the State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, despite the volunteer's March 24 rebuttal challenging those reasons and repeated check-ins.
- 2026-04-01 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent a follow-up email directly to Weather.com's legal contact at robert.kouchoukos@weather.com, one week after the detailed rebuttal challenging the company's reasons for declining to restore access in Syria. The follow-up requested an update on whether the matter has been escalated for further internal review. No response has been received since the March 24 rebuttal that questioned whether the restriction is driven by infrastructure constraints or internal policy.
- 2026-03-24 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent a follow-up reply to Weather.com Legal's decline, challenging the stated reasons for refusing to restore access in Syria. The volunteer noted that the State Sponsor of Terrorism designation does not in itself prohibit civilian digital services, and that weather data for Syrian locations is already accessible on the platform — suggesting the restriction is a policy decision rather than a strict infrastructure limitation. The volunteer requested clarification on whether the restriction is driven by third-party infrastructure constraints or internal policy, and asked for the matter to be escalated for further internal review in light of the regulatory changes.
- 2026-03-16 — Declined. The Weather Company responded to the community volunteer's unblocking request with a substantive human reply. The response acknowledged that the comprehensive Syria sanctions program has been terminated and civilian software is now generally permitted, but declined to enable access at this time. The company cited two reasons: Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation remains in effect, and their cloud infrastructure provider has not yet fully enabled service in Syria. The response stated they are actively monitoring the situation and will revisit as the regulatory environment and regional infrastructure stabilize. This represents a reversal from the positive engagement on March 10, when the Compliance & Legal team requested Syrian IP ranges for evaluation.
- 2026-03-11 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer replied to The Weather Company's request for Syrian IP ranges, providing a spreadsheet containing 1,320,448 Syrian IP addresses across 202 ranges based on geolocation data. The volunteer, a network engineer with RIPE NCC membership and technical director at an ISP, offered further cooperation and suggested coordinating with the Syrian Ministry of Communications for authoritative IP allocation data.
- 2026-03-10 — Company Responded. The Weather Company's Compliance & Legal team responded to the unblocking request via feedback@weather.com. The response confirmed that The Weather Company is currently reassessing its geolocation and IP-based access policies for Syrian users, in coordination with their compliance, legal, and technical teams. They requested a set of representative Syrian IP ranges for evaluation against screening protocols and sanctions lists, and committed to providing a written policy clarification upon completion. This is a substantive human response indicating active engagement.
- 2026-03-08 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Weather.com's ethics, legal, international support, security, and general support teams at ethics@weather.com, generalcounsel@weather.com, security-report@weather.com, internationalsupport@weather.com, and support@weather.com requesting a compliance review to restore access for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 U.S. Treasury announcement lifting the comprehensive trade embargo on Syria, the OFAC sanctions programs update confirming Syria's removal from the embargoed countries list, and included links to supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources.
- 2026-02-11 — Verified. Community verification from Syria: Weather.com confirmed still blocked. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/um62gn3iczi8p9s2xb7k6nyh/nc3batuiplfdjv9u341cxhhd-weather.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/weather-com?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/weather-com/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/weather-com
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/weather-com.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/weather-com.md