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Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026. The product landing page loads, but starting Amazon WorkSpaces redirects to the AWS console, which returns a 400 "Access Restricted" page for users in unsupported regions, and the sales contact form excludes Syria. No outreach to the company has been made yet.
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Community testing confirmed that Amazon WorkSpaces remains blocked in Syria. The commercial landing page at aws.amazon.com/workspaces loads successfully, but clicking "Get started" redirects to us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/v2/home where AWS returns a 400 status code with "Access Restr...
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 WorkSpaces 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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