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AWS Gulf Cloud Resilience Exposed by War Damage

AWS Gulf Cloud Resilience Exposed by War Damage

Iranian drone strikes damaged AWS data-center facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, and AWS reportedly still cannot reopen affected infrastructure. Resources and data located exclusively in an affected Bahrain Availability Zone reportedly cannot be restored, while one UAE Availability Zone remains inaccessible; a small AWS-to-GCP failover demo is not production evidence of resilience.

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Updated Oct 21, 2026