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Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026: the SES marketing page loads, but the AWS Console returns a 400 Access Restricted error for Syrian users, and Syria is missing from the sales contact form. The block has been verified, but no outreach to the company has been made yet.
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Community testing confirmed that Amazon SES remains blocked in Syria. The commercial landing page at aws.amazon.com/ses loads successfully, but clicking "Get started with Amazon SES" redirects to console.aws.amazon.com/ses where AWS returns a 400 status code with "Access Restricted — Your access is ...
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 SES 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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