Iranian missiles strike Batelco headquarters in Hamala, Bahrain, the country’s largest telecommunications company. They also hit a tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait Airport, while Israel kills 5 in a Beirut attack.

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Iranian missiles struck a Batelco facility in Bahrain that hosts Amazon Web Services infrastructure, marking the first reported attack after Tehran warned it would target US tech firms. The strike damaged servers and disrupted operations, following earlier drone hits on AWS data centres in the Gulf that caused widespread service outages.

Iranian missiles have struck the headquarters of Batelco, Bahrain’s largest telecommunications company , in Hamala, according to reports from local media. The facility also hosts Amazon Web Services infrastructure, making it a significant target in what appears to be a deliberate escalation of Iran’s stated campaign against US tech giants in the region. Iran has announced it would start targeting US companies. This appears to be the first strike carried out under that threat.

Media reports allege that Bahrain has since confirmed the facility was hit and that Amazon servers housed within the premises have been affected, rendering parts of the complex inoperative.

https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/iran-hits-bahrain-site-hosting-amazon-web-services-in-first-strike-on-us-tech-giants-after-threat-infrastructure-damaged

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran hit a tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait International Airport early Wednesday as Tehran remained unrelenting in its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors, while acknowledging for the first time that Washington had been in direct contact about a possible ceasefire.

Israel sounded warnings of incoming fire from both Yemen and Iran, while launching its own attacks in Lebanon that killed at least five people.

An airstrike on Tehran appeared to have hit the former U.S. Embassy compound, which has been controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard since the 1979 hostage crisis. Witnesses said buildings outside the massive compound had their windows blown out and that it appears the strike happened inside the walled facility.

With no sign of the war abating and more than 3,000 lives already lost, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested it could be over within two weeks even as he moved to bring thousands more troops to the region.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-1-2026-19cf516c2d2c614eb182dbad7a6592ef