US sends charter flights to help Americans leave Mideast war area

2026-03-03 - 20:28

The United States said Tuesday that it had arranged charter flights to help Americans leave the Middle East after Washington joined Israel in attacking Iran. US officials have helped arrange charter flights from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates “and will continue to secure additional capacity as security conditions allow,” the State Department said. It said that more than 9,000 Americans have returned from the Middle East since the United States and Israel started the war on Saturday, with more than 300 of them from Israel. The State Department on Monday urged Americans in all of the Middle East from Egypt eastward to leave commercially for their own safety, though airports are shut down or operating at sharply reduced capacity across much of the region.