AWS Bahrain hit by drone-linked outage
AWS suffered another disruption in its Bahrain region after drone activity tied to Middle East conflict knocked cloud services — marking a repeat vulnerability for regional infrastructure. The incident underscores how geopolitical violence is now directly threatening cloud reliability in sensitive regions. (news9live.com)
Amazon confirmed on March 23, 2026 that its AWS Bahrain region had been “disrupted” following drone activity in the area, according to Reuters reporting. (money.usnews.com) The outage is the second AWS disruption in the Middle East this month, coming after March 2 drone strikes that AWS said damaged facilities in the United Arab Emirates and affected a Bahrain site. (aljazeera.com) AWS told customers it is migrating workloads out of the Bahrain region and actively shifting affected applications to alternate AWS Regions to preserve service continuity. (datacenterdynamics.com) On March 2 AWS said two UAE data‑center facilities were directly struck by drones and a Bahrain site sustained nearby damage, actions that produced multi‑availability‑zone service degradations across the region. (money.usnews.com) Reuters and regional outlets noted AWS had not immediately updated its public status page after the latest incident and the company did not disclose the full extent of physical damage or a definitive recovery timeline. (theedgemalaysia.com) AWS briefings say the company is coordinating with local authorities and prioritising employee safety while recovery work continues, and earlier statements warned the March outages could produce prolonged service disruption. (cnbc.com)
