Iranâs targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare It is believed to be a first: the deliberate targeting of a commercial datacentre by the armed forces of a country at war. At 4.30am on Sunday morning, what is thought to have been an Iranian Shahed 136 drone struck an Amazon Web Services datacentre in the United Arab Emirates, setting off a devastating fire and forcing a shutdown of the power supply. Further damage was inflicted as attempts were made to suppress the flames with water. Soon after, a second data centre owned by the US tech company was hit. Then a third was said to be in trouble, this time in Bahrain, after an Iranian drone turned to fireball on striking land nearby. Iranian state TV has claimed that Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched the attack âto identify the role of these centres in supporting the enemyâs military and intelligence activitiesâ. The network built by Jeff Bezosâs company could withstand one of its regional centres being taken out of action but not a second. The coordinated strike had an immediate impact. Millions of people in Dubai and Abu Dhabi woke up on Monday
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Fears grow that Tehran may start activating sleeper cells across Middle East as part of war with US and Israel Parents of Iran school bombing victims describe their worst day Gulf countries have raised concerns over the prospect of attacks…
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Fears grow that Tehran may start activating sleeper cells across Middle East as part of war with US and Israel Parents of Iran school bombing victims describe their worst day Gulf countries have raised concerns over the…
Read original at The Guardian →Arab states have so far only acted defensively, but there is growing fear war is entering new, more dangerous phase The boom reverberated so loudly over Dubai marina that the windows of the surrounding skyscrapers and…
Read original at The Guardian →This blog is closing now but weâre continuing our live updates from the US-Israel war on Iran in a new live blog here, including a recap of the latest key developments. Thanks for reading. An âunknown projectileâ…
Read original at The Guardian →The United Arab Emirate's Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh has called on Iran to end its strikes on countries in the region and vowed that her country would "bounce back". More than 1,800 drones and missiles have been…
Read original at BBC →A 60-year-old British man has been charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai after allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city. UK Foreign Office officials are understood to be supporting his family. The tourist was…
Read original at BBC →On particularly bad, sleepless nights, Sofia finds herself worrying about whether the taps might run dry. âWe are, at the end of the day, in a desert,â said the United Arab Emirates resident. Oil and gas may be at…
Read original at CNN →Iran warned any attack on the country would spark a regional conflict. The United States and Israel either did not believe them or judged it a risk worth taking. Eleven days into the war, it is the Gulf Arab nations…
Read original at CNN →Iranâs targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare It is believed to be a first: the deliberate targeting of a commercial datacentre by the armed forces of a…
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Fears grow that Tehran may start activating sleeper cells across Middle East as part of war with US and Israel Parents of Iran school bombing victims describe their worst day Gulf countries have raised concerns over the prospect of attacks…
View source →Arab states have so far only acted defensively, but there is growing fear war is entering new, more dangerous phase The boom reverberated so loudly over Dubai marina that the windows of the surrounding skyscrapers and exclusive hotels gave…
View source →This blog is closing now but weâre continuing our live updates from the US-Israel war on Iran in a new live blog here, including a recap of the latest key developments. Thanks for reading. An âunknown projectileâ struck a tanker 23…
View source →The United Arab Emirate's Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh has called on Iran to end its strikes on countries in the region and vowed that her country would "bounce back". More than 1,800 drones and missiles have been projected at the UAE…
View source →A 60-year-old British man has been charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai after allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city. UK Foreign Office officials are understood to be supporting his family. The tourist was detained under a law…
View source →On particularly bad, sleepless nights, Sofia finds herself worrying about whether the taps might run dry. âWe are, at the end of the day, in a desert,â said the United Arab Emirates resident. Oil and gas may be at the heart of the…
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