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24 Jun, 2026
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Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026. The commercial landing page loads, but clicking "Get started" redirects to the AWS Console, which returns a 400 "Access Restricted" error stating AWS does not provide services in the user's region. No outreach to the company has been recorded yet.
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Community testing confirmed that Amazon Rekognition remains blocked in Syria. The commercial landing page at aws.amazon.com/rekognition loads successfully, but clicking "Get started with Amazon Rekognition" redirects to console.aws.amazon.com/rekognition where AWS returns a 400 status code with the ...
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 Rekognition 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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