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Shafaq News – Baghdad
Microsoft announced that some Azure cloud
service users may face slower connections following multiple undersea fiber
optic cable cuts in the Red Sea.
The company said disruptions are most likely
when internet traffic from the Middle East originates in or terminates in Asia
or Europe.
Several subsea cables were also damaged on
September 6, 2025, disrupting global internet and communications flows.
Connectivity remains available, but rerouted traffic has caused increased
latency and congestion on major international routes.
“Undersea fiber cuts can take time to
repair,” Microsoft said in a service update, noting it will “continuously
monitor, rebalance, and optimise routing to reduce customer impact in the
meantime” and provide daily updates or sooner if conditions change.
The Red Sea is a critical internet corridor
linking Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Earlier this year, damage to four
cables near Yemen cut off about 25 percent of global internet traffic,
affecting major providers and platforms worldwide.
According to a 2017 study by the US
Department of Homeland Security, about 97 percent of all intercontinental
electronic communications travel through undersea fiber optic cables.