# Western Union (ويسترن يونيون)

> Western Union is available in Syria with limited functionality, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: limited
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Western Union](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/western-union.md)
- Categories: Money Transfer, Payment Services
- Official site: https://www.westernunion.com
- Community votes: 139
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/western-union

## About

Worldwide money transfer and remittance service for sending funds across borders

## Activity summary

Partially blocked in Syria. Community reports in February 2026 noted that the Western Union website is accessible, but sending money to or from Syria is largely unavailable abroad, with limited exceptions. Full service depends on building licensed agent networks and correspondent banking inside Syria. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-15 — Investigated. This is a complicated issue. Western Union requires local agent networks or banking partnerships to deliver funds in the destination country. While Western Union has limited operations near Syria, expanding full service requires establishing licensed agent locations and correspondent banking relationships within Syria. Full unblocking depends on building out this last-mile disbursement infrastructure.
- 2026-02-11 — Note. A user in Canada reported that while Western Union's website may be accessible, sending money to Syria from North America is still not possible. Screenshot evidence submitted showing the restriction when attempting a transfer. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/m2qypt1bk8u5yttqo4rx3hya/jicn8t7rtqdrcdv7icwlilxn-ss-2026-02-10-23-08-36.png)
- 2026-02-06 — Note. User report from Romania indicates that Western Union money transfers to/from Syria are not available in most EU countries, with Germany being the exception. The service website itself is accessible, but Syria-related transfer functionality appears to be regionally restricted within the EU.

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