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Alex Kantrowitz
4/3/2026
AWS Bahrain and Dubai Availability Zones Down Following Iran Military Strikes
Original: Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones “Hard Down” in Bahrain and Dubai, Per Internal AWS Communication
TL;DR
Amazon has deprioritized AWS availability zones in Bahrain and Dubai following Iran military strikes that damaged infrastructure in the Gulf region, according to internal AWS communications. The outages affect cloud services availability in a strategically important region for enterprise and financial services customers.
- •AWS Bahrain and Dubai regions experiencing significant downtime due to Iran military action
- •Amazon internally directing teams to deprioritize these zones
- •Geopolitical conflict directly impacting cloud infrastructure availability
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