An Airbus A350-900 aircraft operated by Qatar Airways, right, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, parked at the American Airlines cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York City, U.S., March 2, 2026. (Credit: Bing Guan/ Reuters)
The U.S. Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East amid U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran.
Americans were urged to depart using commercial means from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, according to Mora Namdar, the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs.
The U.S. Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East amid U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran.
Americans were urged to depart using commercial means from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, according to Mora Namdar, the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs.
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