# Amazon Rekognition (أمازون ريكوجنيشن)

> Amazon Rekognition 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 Infrastructure & Platforms, API Services, Cloud Hosting
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-rekognition

## About

Image and video analysis service powered by deep learning models

## Activity summary

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.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-28 — Verified. 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 message "Access Restricted — Your access is being restricted because you appear to be located in a country or region where we do not provide services." (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/s3ly96tapgyniteaif0q88gk/yjvjndezx4uewxowg0w4slu1-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/w6hhb6evaak6ea4nxlge12ec/ha2y33cix6iyttlv5t0k47oz-screen-2.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-rekognition?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-rekognition/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-rekognition
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/amazon-rekognition.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/amazon-rekognition.md