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WHAT IS A .SY DOMAIN

.sy Domain: Syria's Country Code Domain Extension

.sy is the country code extension of the Syrian Arab Republic, registered in the root zone on 20 February 1996 according to IANA, and redelegated to its present operator on 7 January 2011. The managing organisation is the National Authority for Information Technology Services (NAITS), based in Damascus. The organisation's name changed recently: the IANA record was updated on 23 July 2026, and before that the same field read «National Agency for Network Services (NANS)».

Technically the zone is healthy and direct second level registration is in active use: measurements on 12 August 2026 resolved real registered names without difficulty, while a name that does not exist returned a clean «not found» response, so the zone is not producing misleading answers. The registry's WHOIS service replies on port 43. The zone is unsigned; there is no DS record in the root and the registry's own WHOIS reports the same result.

What is missing is a current registration rule text: the registry's website does not respond from this environment, and the pages preserved in web archives date from 2013 to 2015 — before the 2026 update that changed the organisation's name. For that reason no verified statement can be made about eligibility, documents or terms. Confirm the current conditions before committing to a registration, and check the status of an existing name on the WHOIS lookup page.

Confirm the registration conditions in advance: The Syrian registry does not currently publish an accessible, up to date registration policy, and its own website is not reachable from outside. The only document set recoverable from web archives dates from 2013 to 2015 and predates the change of the organisation's name in the IANA record on 23 July 2026; the document lists, terms and renewal rules in those texts therefore cannot be treated as a source today. There is no technical obstacle — the zone works and registration is genuinely in use — but verify eligibility and paperwork before starting the process. View required documents →
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.SY Domain at a Glance

  • Registry National Authority for Information Technology Services (NAITS), Damascus
  • Root zone registration 20 February 1996; redelegated on 7 January 2011
  • Change of organisation name IANA record updated 23 July 2026; the previous name was NANS
  • DNSSEC The zone is unsigned; there is no DS record in the root
  • Published registration rules No current text reachable; archived pages date from 2013 to 2015
  • Sibling zones com.sy, net.sy, org.sy, edu.sy, gov.sy, news.sy, info.sy, name.sy, co.sy, biz.sy
  • Document Requirement View required documents
  • Country Syria
  • Character Length 3 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

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Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.

  • Transfer

    $199.00 /year
  • Renewal

    $219.00 /year
  • Restore

    $160.00
  • Trustee Service

    $0.00

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.sy Domain Lifecycle

Active registration term 1 - 10 years You choose it at registration
Grace period 30 days First window to renew after expiry

What happens day by day after it expires

Day 0 is the domain's expiry date

In short: for .sy the post-expiry timeline is set by the registry, so it differs from one extension to the next. The diagram below shows the windows that actually apply to .sy, day by day. One thing never changes, whichever extension you hold: renewing before the expiry date is always the cheapest and safest route.

What happens day by day after it expires Lifecycle diagram for .sy, left to right: the name starts out available; once registered it is yours for the term you chose and the site and e-mail work; day 0 is the expiry date, after which the name is open to anyone again. Renewal possible Open to anyone Available Registered 1 - 10 years Open to anyone EXPIRED Day 0 Expiry date Website and e-mail work
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Domain Is Available (Available)

Open-ended

A .sy address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.

Domain Is Active (Active Period)

1 - 10 years

Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.

Domain Is Available Again

Open-ended

Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.

.sy Domain Specifications and Registration Rules

Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.

.sy Domain Registration

  • Document Requirement View required documents
  • Country Syria
  • Character Length 3 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

.sy Domain Support

  • IDN Support No
  • Transfer Support Yes
  • Late Renewal Support No

Documents Required for a .sy Domain

.sy / .com.sy Domain Registration Documents

According to the regulations of the Syrian Ministry of Communications and other official authorities, .sy and .com.sy domain names can only be registered under the name of a Syrian individual or company by providing the following documents:

Required Documents
Document Description
Valid Syrian Commercial Registration Must include the company name and activity code.
Syrian National ID Must belong to the applicant for personal registrations, or to the authorized representative for company registrations.
Additional Required Information
  • A permanent residential address in Syria
  • A Syrian mobile number

According to the guidelines set forth by the Syrian registrar, the following categories of domain names cannot be registered:

  • Generic global domain names (e.g., Biz.sy, Openai.sy)
  • Professional titles (e.g., Engineer.sy, doctor.sy)
  • Names of provinces or cities (e.g., Damascus.sy)
  • Personal names (e.g., Ahmed.sy, abduallah.sy)
  • Languages (e.g., English.sy)
  • Religious names, including:
    • Names of God and His attributes
    • Names of prophets
    • Names of religions, sects, or sacred places
  • Trademarked names (e.g., YouTube.sy, samsung.sy, google.sy, zara.sy, adidas.sy, mcdonalds.sy, mastercard.sy, nike.sy)
  • Domains with fewer than two characters
  • Domain names with special significance (e.g., domains.sy)

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Frequently Asked Questions About .sy Domains

The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.

  • Yes, technically it works without difficulty. Measurements on 12 August 2026 show .sy properly delegated from the root, real registered names at the second level resolving without problems, and a name that does not exist returning a clean «not found» response — the second detail matters, because it means the zone is not producing wrong or misleading answers. The registry's WHOIS service also replies on port 43. Registration directly under .sy is therefore genuinely in use.

  • We cannot state this in a verified way, and we will not guess. The registry does not currently publish an accessible, up to date registration policy, and its website does not respond from this environment. The only document set recoverable from web archives dates from 2013 to 2015 and predates the change of the organisation's name in the IANA record on 23 July 2026, so the document list there cannot be treated as a source today. Confirm the requirements before starting the process.

  • There is no verified answer to this question at present. Whether registration from abroad is open, whether an eligibility test applies, and whether a representative in Syria is needed could only be stated from a current rule text published by the registry — and no such text is reachable. The older pages held in web archives describe a paper-form procedure, but they are more than ten years old and predate the renaming of the organisation. Verify the current conditions before registering.

  • No, the zone is unsigned, and this is confirmed by two independent sources. On 12 August 2026 no DS record for .sy was found in the root zone, and the registry's own WHOIS service reports the DNSSEC status of its zone records as unsigned. In practice this means a validating resolver cannot cryptographically verify the origin of a DNS answer for a name under .sy. That does not make the zone unusable, but it is worth knowing that this extra security layer is not offered.

  • Because the registry publishes no zone list, the list was measured by querying the registry's own WHOIS service. The names that answered as registered zones are: com.sy, net.sy, org.sy, edu.sy, gov.sy, news.sy, info.sy, name.sy, co.sy and biz.sy. Most of them were created on 2 December 2010, name.sy in 2013, and co.sy and biz.sy were added on 22 January 2018. Syria additionally has a separate top level zone written in Arabic script.

  • Yes, and the change is recent. The IANA root zone record was updated on 23 July 2026 and today names the managing organisation as the «National Authority for Information Technology Services (NAITS)». In the archived version of the same record from 19 March 2025, the field read «National Agency for Network Services (NANS)». The administrative and technical contact email addresses are unchanged; the post box number changed. This update is also the direct reason why older archived rule texts cannot be treated as current.

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