The company said the issue was not caused by an internal systems failure but was linked to external events, with drone activity in the vicinity impacting operations.
AWS did not confirm whether its data centre facilities sustained direct damage, but noted that the incident was sufficient to disrupt service availability in the region.
In a statement, Amazon said it is actively working to restore normal service and is supporting customers in shifting workloads to other regions where necessary. The company also emphasised that staff safety remains a priority.
The disruption comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, where critical infrastructure has increasingly been exposed to spillover effects from conflict.
Earlier in March, similar incidents involving drone strikes were reported to have affected digital infrastructure in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, raising concerns about the resilience of cloud services in strategically sensitive locations.
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