The Daily Populous Friday April 3rd, 2026 morning edition
Authored by jpost.com and submitted by RollSafer

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked Oracle's data center in Dubai on Thursday, according to state media. Dubai's media office, however, denied this claim later that day.

Also on Thursday, two drones targeted a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad Airport in Iraq, security sources said.

Earlier on Thursday, the IRGC attacked an Amazon cloud computing center in Bahrain, "in retaliation for attacks on Iran," according to reports by the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) on Thursday.

The site had been damaged on Wednesday after an Iranian strike, the ​Financial Times reported, citing a ‌person familiar with the matter.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry said earlier on Wednesday that civil defense teams were ​extinguishing a fire at a company ​facility following what authorities described as an ⁠Iranian attack.

People carry the coffin of a person killed during a drone attack on a high-rise apartment building in Bahrain's capital Manama to its grave during the burial on March 10, 2026. (credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday he hopes for a council vote on Friday on a resolution Bahrain has drafted to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

A drone crashed inside Iraq's Trebil border crossing with Jordan on Thursday, security sources said, damaging customs clearance offices.

In addition, the Islamic Republic's semi-official Fars News Agency listed several bridges as potential military targets on Thursday, including bridges in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Jordan.

nopigscannnotlookup on April 2nd, 2026 at 21:37 UTC »

Dubai. Serious risk management reconsiderations coming soon for that city. Why continue to invest if you are one missile/drone strike away from business impact? Or even as an individual, why continue to live and invest in a city that’s prone to kinetic attacks?

doctorlongghost on April 2nd, 2026 at 21:28 UTC »

I forget the exact wording but when an AWS data center was damaged a week ago, their official announcement was notable due to being overly vague. They don’t want to offend anyone so a missile strike was described as a facility issue or some such.

allahakbau on April 2nd, 2026 at 21:15 UTC »

Are the biggest losers just the gulf states?