Amazon says AWS Bahrain region ‘disrupted’ following drone activity

Amazon Web Services reported that its Bahrain data center region experienced a disruption following drone activity in the area. The outage represents the second time in a month that AWS infrastructure has been knocked offline due to military activity linked to the Iran conflict, according to the company. Regional cloud outages can disrupt services for thousands of businesses and government agencies that rely on AWS to run applications and store data. The incident underscores the vulnerability of critical digital infrastructure in the Middle East to escalating regional tensions. AWS did not specify the duration of the disruption or provide details on the scope of affected services.