# Amazon EC2 (أمازون إي سي 2)

> Amazon EC2 is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Amazon](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/amazon.md)
- Categories: Cloud Hosting, API Services, Web Hosting
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
- Community votes: 10
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-ec2

## About

Scalable virtual cloud servers for running any application workload

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. Community testing in February 2026 confirmed that signing up or accessing the AWS console returns an unavailability page, AWS's softer form of a country-based restriction. A community volunteer emailed Amazon's privacy team in March 2026 requesting a compliance review, citing the December 2025 lifting of the US trade embargo, and official outreach naming EC2 followed later that month. No resolution yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Amazon specifically naming EC2 among the blocked AWS cloud services and noting that Syrian developers and startups cannot deploy applications.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-03 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Amazon's EU privacy team at aws-eu-privacy@amazon.com requesting a compliance review to enable AWS service access for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 U.S. Treasury announcement lifting the comprehensive trade embargo, OFAC documentation, and supporting resources from unblocksyria.com. This is the first outreach to any AWS service. The email covers AWS services broadly, not a specific product.
- 2026-02-25 — Verified. Community testing confirmed that Amazon EC2 remains blocked in Syria. The marketing page at aws.amazon.com/ec2/ loads on Syriatel but is very slow on ADSL. Attempting to sign up or access the AWS console displays a "Website Temporarily Unavailable" page, which is AWS's softer variant of the country-based access restriction. This is consistent with the blocking pattern observed across other AWS services. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/v6huzfgg440i69h6xqd51l45/lyz97aqyyijm5hrr6snitapt-img-1626.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-ec2?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-ec2/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-ec2
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/amazon-ec2.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/amazon-ec2.md