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Iranian strikes on AWS facilities left customer data beyond recovery in Bahrain, UAE
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Fusion42 · 18 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Iranian drone strikes in March caused lasting physical damage to AWS data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, resulting in permanent customer data loss in multiple availability zones. AWS continues recovery efforts but permanent outages persist in Bahrain with ongoing impacts in the UAE.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it.
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AWS customers reliant on Middle East cloud services face data loss risks and fragmentation. You need to urgently diversify hosting or ensure off-region backups to avoid being cut off by regional conflict events.
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2 sources · 17 Sep 2026
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