# Amazon Polly (أمازون بولي)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Amazon](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/amazon.md)
- Categories: AI Voice & Music, AI Infrastructure & Platforms, API Services
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/polly/
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-polly

## About

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## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026. Marketing pages load, but the AWS Console and billing signup are geo-blocked, returning a 400 "Access Restricted" error stating AWS does not serve the user's region, and Syria is excluded from the country dropdowns. The block was verified across all Syrian ISPs, with no outreach to the company recorded yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-14 — Investigated. Comprehensive community testing confirmed that Amazon Polly remains blocked in Syria at multiple levels. Marketing pages at aws.amazon.com/polly load normally, but all functional access is denied. The billing signup portal at portal.aws.amazon.com returns a "Website Temporarily Unavailable" page. The AWS Console returns a 400 "Access Restricted" error explicitly stating the user appears to be in a country where AWS does not provide services. Syria is excluded from the country/region dropdown on contact forms. The sales contact form submission was the only action that completed successfully. Tested across all Syrian ISPs. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/kg4vvdetgekjgbyotf8zp458/uk6fqfy5ov6fz8dw1niiv6yo-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ui3fsuvlzr7w58sgynklhv1m/xx9rbynst0t1f1srl7awxnxp-screen-3.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ob29r075eh30reekswj4kdom/tj59byyqwav4jmtb0f8gs4kq-screen-6.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/howbke2lywin24zlzskcjppe/aueznc8xyfgbfux9liufxfyy-screen-7.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-polly?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-polly/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-polly
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/amazon-polly.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/amazon-polly.md