Xcode

A community volunteer wrote to Apple's executive escalations team, asking it to review the restrictions on users in Syria after the August 2026 rescission and to pass the request to its legal or compliance team. The message named no specific Apple service.

Xcode itself is not restricted, but installing it depends on Apple services that are: the Mac App Store is limited in Syria, and the direct download requires an Apple Account, which cannot be created with a Syrian phone number.

A community volunteer followed up again with Apple's executive escalations team, repeating the request to enable Syria access after the 2025 sanctions lift.

A community volunteer again emailed Apple's executive escalations team asking whether Syria access was being reviewed after the 2025 sanctions lift.

A community volunteer emailed Apple's data protection office requesting that access be enabled for Syrian users following the 2025 sanctions lift.

The same volunteer also emailed Apple's executive escalations team eight minutes later, repeating the request to enable Syria access.

A community volunteer emailed Apple's legal team requesting that access be enabled for Syria, citing the 2025 sanctions lift and other companies that had already restored service.