# AWS (أيه دبليو إس)

> AWS 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 Hosting, AI Infrastructure & Platforms, API Services, CDN & Edge Networks, CI/CD & DevOps, Cloud Storage, Databases, Domain & DNS, Identity & Authentication, Observability & Monitoring
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com
- Community votes: 486
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/aws

## About

Amazon's comprehensive cloud computing platform for infrastructure, storage, and services

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria: the marketing site loads, but the actual cloud services, including the console, APIs, and infrastructure, remain blocked, as documented in February 2026. The team and community volunteers contacted Amazon repeatedly since February 2026; Amazon's executive customer relations acknowledged the request and forwarded it internally, but no resolution has followed.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to Amazon/AWS (aws-eu-privacy@amazon.com) requesting a review of Syria IP restrictions across all Amazon-owned services. The email details how the comprehensive U.S. Syria sanctions framework was fully dismantled in 2025, references Executive Order 14312, OFAC removal of Syrian Sanctions Regulations, BIS License Exception SPP, and the repeal of the Caesar Act. It highlights that 54 Amazon-owned services are tracked, with the vast majority fully blocked, and notes that competitors including Google Cloud Firebase, Cloudflare, Vercel, and Supabase have already restored access to Syrian users.
- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to Amazon at jeff@amazon.com and legal@amazon.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for AWS under the current post-sanctions legal framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-23 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent a follow-up outreach email to AWS at jeff@amazon.com, legal@amazon.com, policy@amazon.com, and aws-legal@amazon.com, requesting an immediate review of the IP-blocking restrictions on AWS infrastructure (console, APIs, EC2, S3) from Syria. The email noted that the marketing landing page (aws.amazon.com) is now accessible but actual cloud services remain blocked, creating a misleading user experience. The volunteer highlighted the business risk of losing Syrian developers to competitor platforms like Cloudflare and Google that have already restored access.
- 2026-02-10 — Company Responded. Amazon Tech Support Executive Customer Relations responded to the outreach. The request has been forwarded to the team involved in future development of Amazon services
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Email to legal@amazon.com bounced as undeliverable. The recipient's mailbox was full and could not accept messages. The outreach email sent to jeff@amazon.com (AWS support email on file) was not affected by this bounce.
- 2026-02-07 — Note. User in Syria reported that the AWS landing page (aws.amazon.com) is accessible from both Syriatel mobile data and PC. However, AWS cloud services (console, APIs, infrastructure) remain blocked. The landing page being accessible does not indicate that the platform itself is unblocked. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/g5x4asnie51xpdk7j2d10j37/i9n42t0x7fpc0itcilcx2zzi-aws-state-7-feb-2026.jpg)
- 2026-02-07 — Investigated. Community report from Syria with screenshot shows the AWS landing page (aws.amazon.com) is accessible via Syriatel mobile data and desktop. However, the actual cloud services — console, APIs, and infrastructure — remain blocked. The accessible page is the marketing site only. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/g5x4asnie51xpdk7j2d10j37/i9n42t0x7fpc0itcilcx2zzi-aws-state-7-feb-2026.jpg)

## 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/aws?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/aws/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/aws
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/aws.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/aws.md