# Amazon S3 (أمازون إس 3)

> Amazon S3 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 Storage, Cloud Hosting, Web Hosting
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
- Community votes: 7
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-s3

## About

Scalable object storage for data, backups, and static website hosting

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026: the S3 marketing pages load, but the AWS Console returns a 400 Access Restricted error for Syrian users, so buckets cannot be created or managed. The team contacted Amazon in March 2026, naming S3 among the blocked AWS services; no response has been recorded yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Amazon specifically naming S3 among the blocked AWS cloud services requiring access restoration for Syrian users.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-05 — Verified. Community testing confirmed that Amazon S3 remains blocked in Syria. The S3 marketing page at aws.amazon.com/s3/ loads successfully, and the AWS signup page at signin.aws.amazon.com/signup also loads. However, attempting to sign in to the AWS Management Console at console.aws.amazon.com returns a 400 "Access Restricted" error page stating: "Your access is being restricted because you appear to be located in a country or region where we do not provide services." Since the Console is required to actually create, configure, and use S3 buckets, the service is functionally blocked despite informational pages being accessible. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/likk89z9ilwpvywxyyjakpwt/rwu1e4zf1oyfx6v645x2hls2-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/g10ahv32jqxrxatjny8926ag/hx7e8tsl7vmx76m2ozvlnisx-screen-2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/u0kjse6ay4f10m8smc2c5774/zqomgyinyclmma37pyk3oqpm-screen-3.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-s3?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-s3/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-s3
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/amazon-s3.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/amazon-s3.md