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Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in April 2026. The marketing page loads, but the "Contact sales" form excludes Syria, and starting AWS AppSync redirects to AWS sign-in, where existing logins fail and creating a new account returns a "Website Temporarily Unavailable" page. No outreach to the company has been made yet.
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Community testing confirmed AWS AppSync remains blocked for Syrian users. The marketing page at aws.amazon.com/appsync loads, but the 'Contact sales' form does not include Syria in its country/region dropdown. Clicking 'Get started with AWS AppSync' redirects to the AWS sign-in page; existing accoun...
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 AWS AppSync 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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