# Amazon Comprehend (أمازون كومبريهند)

> Amazon Comprehend is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Amazon](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/amazon.md)
- Categories: AI Infrastructure & Platforms, API Services, Cloud Hosting
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/comprehend/
- Community votes: 7
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-comprehend

## About

Natural language processing service for text analytics and sentiment insights

## Activity summary

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.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-23 — Investigated. 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 Unavailable." Attempting to sign in shows "Authentication failed because your account has been suspended," and accessing the AWS Console returns an explicit geo-block: "Access Restricted — Your access is being restricted because you appear to be located in a country or region where we do not provide services." Status updated from blocked to restricted. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/rc00fgpp2j1vmbpiv4jgpy0l/hyb4v671ndic1gs2l3tlgl92-screencapture-aws-amazon-comprehend-2026-02-24-02-19-32.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/zuuns43xbtq1furr0aap8bm8/gibhvhaja92v0kdqhrqogvew-aws.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/mw0qomzbqmweygdredqr6ov4/chr70kdj6cvpnxg3tzr7qtas-aws1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/dntpq757acnpzzx6t3xl5e88/cz6jj97olz2pcsjblmclnsbt-aws2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/cdn5jhxyzobv0ferxbdfzwwb/by9jmh1h5rszz14qrnjzp841-aws3.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-comprehend?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-comprehend/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-comprehend
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/amazon-comprehend.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/amazon-comprehend.md