# Amazon Payment Services (أمازون لخدمات الدفع)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Amazon](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/amazon.md)
- Categories: B2B Payment Processing, Payment Services
- Official site: https://paymentservices.amazon.com
- Community votes: 40
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-payment-services

## About

Payment gateway for online merchants across the Middle East and North Africa

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A community report in February 2026 showed that the Amazon Payment Services supported-countries page lists nine MENA countries while omitting Syria. In March 2026 the team sent an official outreach email to Amazon naming this service among its restricted or blocked consumer offerings. No response from the company and no resolution has been recorded yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Amazon mentioning Amazon Payment Services as one of the restricted or blocked consumer services alongside Kindle, Audible, and Prime Video.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-15 — Investigated. Community member reported Amazon Payment Services as blocked in Syria. Evidence shows the paymentservices.amazon.com supported countries page listing 9 MENA countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait) with Syria conspicuously absent from the list. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/kh5sckh1ip5otqntako020iz/fqn1qartrr6na37azvhkjxma-1001257417.jpg)

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