Amazon’s data centers have taken numerous hits since the war against Iran broke out. In early March, two AWS data centers in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck by drones, while one in Bahrain was damaged by a nearby strike. The hits caused structural damage to the facilities, as well as water damage from putting out resulting fires. And last week, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it targeted an Amazon data center in Bahrain. The tech powerhouse says it’s working with local authorities on recovery efforts and advising its customers to migrate their data to other regions.

Despite the recent troubles, Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, still has high hopes for business in the Middle East.

“We continue to be extremely bullish about our partnerships in the Middle East and about the long term potential of the region,” Garman tells Forbes. “Obviously there's conflicts going on there right now, which dampens the very short term aspects. And we think everybody hopes for a quick end to fighting, but it doesn't really dampen our long term views on the prospects of the region.”

Garman says that the industry is “rethinking” cloud security as global conflict has increased. “We’ll think about anything we have to do,” Garman says. “The world went through a long period, starting before the Ukraine war, of not really having a lot of conflict between nations. And we see some of that ramping up.”

His comments came hours before President Donald Trump declared a two-week ceasefire in Iran, after the........

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