Amazon Web Services announced on September 16, 2026, that it cannot restore service to its Bahrain and UAE facilities more than six months after Iranian drone strikes in March 2026 damaged two data centers in the UAE and a nearby site. The sustained outage has disrupted cloud services across the Middle East region.
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In March, two Amazon data centers in the UAE were struck by drones, while a site was also damaged by a nearby drone hit.
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AWS says it can’t restore service to Bahrain, UAE facilities 6 months after Iran strikes # AmazonWebServices https://www. cnbc.com/2026/09/15/aws-cant-r estore-service-to-bahrain-uae-6-months-after-iran-strikes.html