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Amazon's cloud computing operation in Bahrain was damaged after an Iranian strike, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry said earlier in the day that civil defence teams were extinguishing a fire at a company facility following what authorities described as an Iranian attack.
* The ministry did not immediately provide details on the company involved, casualties or the extent of damage.
* The report of the strike came a day after Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to target U.S. companies in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Google and Apple , in retaliation for attacks on Iran.
* Amazon did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment on the FT report.
* Last week, the e-commerce giant said its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain had 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.
* AWS is Amazon's cloud computing unit and critical for the operation of many well-known websites and government operations, and the company's main profit driver.
(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)





















