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Internet outage in Iraq on 5 September 2026: Noor Al-Bedaya, Earthlink
The outage in Iraq affected Noor Al-Bedaya: signal down 100%, serves 8.9% of the country's users; Earthlink: signal down 100%, serves 8.4% of the country's users. Kurdistan Net, Starlink and Newroz Telecom showed no change. The signal of the whole country dropped by 67%.
| When (UTC) | Duration | Severity | Peak drop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2026 03:30-04:10 UTC | 40 min | Major outage | 67% |
Country signal around the event
Each point: share of the country's networks that answered a probe within 10 minutes. Data: IODA (Georgia Tech). Event selection, exact timing and provider breakdown: GeoCables. Red band: the event.
Providers during the event
| Provider | Share of users | Signal drop | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Net AS206206 | 13.8% | 0% | No change |
| Starlink AS14593 | 9.4% | 1% | No change |
| Noor Al-Bedaya AS208324 | 8.9% | 100% | Affected |
| Newroz Telecom AS21277 | 8.8% | 0% | No change |
| Earthlink AS199739 | 8.4% | 100% | Affected |
Submarine cables feeding Iraq
How we know this
Both series come from IODA (Georgia Tech): BGP route visibility and active probing of networks inside the country. GeoCables does the rest: a drop of 20% or more below the usual level of the last 24 hours is a disruption, 50% or more an outage; the exact start and end are taken from the full-resolution series (10-minute steps), not from the moment our detector recorded the event. Provider figures are hourly samples from the same source; a provider counts as affected at a drop of 30% or more. Our own probes on land are a separate layer and are shown here only when they saw the event.
Confidence: High: the drop is visible in both signals (probing and routes).
Data: Country series for this page (JSON) · Permanent link to this event: geocables.com/outages/iq/2026-09-05 · Page generated 02.10.2026 19:34 UTC