ManamaStrikes destroyed all three Bahrain availability zones.

Amazon says the customer data hosted there cannot be restored.

Cloud durability assumes independent failures, not a missile hitting several zones at once.

Amazon has promised customers a further update on restoration in early 2027.

How each outlet framed it
Ars Technica
specifies permanent data loss in mec1-az2 availability zone (UAE), notes irretrievable loss across all three Bahrain zones, characterizes damage exceeding regional redundancy design

Sources: Ars Technica