Amazon AWS Bahrain region disrupted amid drone attacks in Middle East
- Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been disrupted due to drone activity amid the conflict in the Middle Eastimpacting critical operations of many websites and government services.
The disruption is due to drone activity in the areaan Amazon spokesperson saidfollowing a Reuters inquiry. Reuters is the first to report on the disruption.
Amazon said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been "disrupted" amid the current conflict in the Middle East.
The disruption is due to drone activity in the areaan Amazon spokesperson saidfollowing a Reuters inquiry. Reuters is the first to report on the disruption.
Amazon said it is helping to migrate customers to alternate AWS regions while it recoversthough it did not provide additional details such as the extent of the damage or how long it anticipates the disruption to last.
"As this situation evolves andas we have advised beforewe request those with workloads in the affected regions continue to migrate to other locations," Amazon said in a statement Monday night.
AWS is Amazon's cloud computing unit and is critical for the operation of many well-known websites and government operations. It is also the company's main driver of profits.
AWS Bahrain disrupted again amid US-Israel Iran war
The disruption marks the second time since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran that AWS's Bahrain region has been struck by drones. Earlier this monthAWS reported that facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates had been affected by power outagesand it was working to recover.