Middle East Crisis Update — 11:31 CET, March 2, 2026

Energy: Aramco hit, Hormuz blocked, oil surging
Digital: AWS UAE data centre damaged
Transport: airspace closed, hundreds of thousands stranded
Insurance: war risk cancelled, Platts suspended
Trade: Asia exporters in crisis

18+ sources consulted | Day 3

Key Developments

🚨 IRAN TOLL UPDATED: over 550 dead — Iranian Red Crescent updates death count to 550+. Nearly tripled from 201 reported yesterday. Includes 175 from Minab school. 🔗 AP News
🖥️ Amazon Web Services disrupted after “objects” strike UAE data centre — AWS cloud services down. Potentially global impact on businesses using regional AWS infrastructure. War hits global digital infrastructure. 🔗 Middle East Eye
🌍 NYT: “America’s Allies Watch Fitfully From Sidelines” — Western partners paralyzed, unable to influence or stop the operation. 🔗 NYT
🇺🇸 AP: Trump goes to war despite professed aversion to foreign entanglements — analysis on the contradiction between isolationist rhetoric and military action. 🔗 AP News

The conflict is hitting global infrastructure:

No longer just a war: this is a disruption of global infrastructure.