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24 Jun, 2026
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Restricted for users in Syria, confirmed by community testing in February 2026. The product page loads without a VPN and email verification succeeds, but accounts created from Syria are suspended and the AWS Console returns an explicit geo-block citing an unsupported country or region. No outreach specific to this service has been made yet.
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Community testing from Syria revealed that Amazon Comprehend's product page at aws.amazon.com/comprehend loads and is browsable without a VPN. The AWS signup flow partially works — email verification succeeds — but after account activation, the billing portal displays "Website Temporarily Unavailabl...
You can help change this. Syria's political situation has changed—all sanctions have been lifted. Many companies just haven't updated their policies yet. If you work at Amazon Comprehend or know someone who does, share our resources with their legal or compliance team. Sometimes all it takes is one person asking the right question.
Tips for advocating: Reach out to legal, compliance, or policy teams. Reference the lifted sanctions. Point to competitors who have already unblocked Syria. Every voice matters.
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