After a Seven-Month Outage, Google Gemini Becomes Available in Syria

Welat TV – Erbil

The Syria Without Restrictions initiative, Unblock Syria, announced on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, that the ban on Google’s artificial intelligence service Gemini in Syria had been fully lifted after more than seven months.

The initiative said in posts on its official accounts that it had directly verified with Google that the nationwide restriction had been removed and that the service was now available to users in Syria.

According to Unblock Syria, the status of the service has changed from “Blocked” to "Available" after its blocking was documented in January 2026.

The initiative said efforts to communicate with Google over lifting the restriction had continued for seven months.

Google Services Gradually Return to Syria In mid-January, Syrian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdul Salam Haykal announced the beginning of the restoration of Google services for users inside Syria, including access to the Google Play Store without the need for a VPN.

Google Gemini is an artificial intelligence assistant developed by Google that provides services for chatting, writing, programming, and other creative tasks.