More than four years ago, we took a stance that has remained at the center of our work advancing developer freedom: “All developers should be free to use GitHub, no matter where they live.” Today marks one important milestone in that endeavor. With the relaxation of sanctions and export controls on Syria, private and paid features of GitHub.com will once again be broadly available to developers in Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, and the entire country. Collaboration on open source projects and other public repositories has always been available, as can be seen in the GitHub Innovation Graph, an open dataset which provides aggregate numbers on public repository contributions from Syria.

We extend our sincere gratitude to the developers who advocated for this change and consistently sought updates. GitHub welcomes Syrian developers to contribute their projects to the global developer community,  whether they be big or small endeavors. We are proud to be the home for developers whose passion drives them to innovate, build, learn, and teach—and we remain committed to making GitHub available to as many developers as legally possible.

We are moving promptly to lift restrictions on developers in Syria, enabling normal account functionality, as well as access to GitHub Copilot. Changes are underway and expected to reach accounts within the next week. 

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