Some flights depart Middle East as US urges its citizens to leave region immediately amid travel chaos
Select departures organised as US state department warns Americans to leave on commercial flights ‘due to safety risks’US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesTravellers stranded by a widening war in the Middle East began departing the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation...
<p>Select departures organised as US state department warns Americans to leave on commercial flights ‘due to safety risks’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/02/us-israel-war-iran-live-updates-attacks-strikes-tehran-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-dubai-latest-news"><strong>US-Israel war on Iran – live updates</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Travellers stranded by a widening war in the Middle East began departing the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation flights on Monday, as governments around the world worked to extract their citizens from the region.</p><p>Airlines Etihad Airways and Emirates, based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and budget carrier FlyDubai said they would operate limited flights, in the wake of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/flights-cancelled-middle-east-travel-chaos-us-israeli-iran-conflictflights-cancelled-middle-east-travel-chaos-us-israeli-iran-conflict">the chaos and damaged</a> sparked by Iranian missiles and drones.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/flights-depart-middle-east-travel-chaos">Continue reading...</a>
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