Amazon says AWS’ Bahrain region ‘disrupted’ following drone activity

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle East, marking the second time in a month that its operations have been affected by the war.

The disruption is ‌due to ⁠drone activity ⁠in the area, an Amazon spokesperson said, following a Reuters inquiry. Reuters is first to report on the disruption.

As of Monday night, AWS had not updated its status page to reflect the impact. Amazon did not immediately respond to a query on whether its Bahrain facility was directly hit by a drone attack or if the disruption was due to nearby strikes.