Various Countries Evacuate Citizens from Iran and Israel
As Middle East tensions escalate, global evacuations from Iran and Israel intensify, with nations racing to bring citizens home amid flight cancellations.
Various countries are evacuating their citizens from Iran and Israel, as flights have been cancelled and airspace has been closed in the Middle East.
Most European evacuees leaving Israel have been taken to Jordan or Egypt by bus, where they have boarded flights for their home countries.
Evacuation from Iran
China, India, and other states have already started evacuating their citizens from Iran. Pakistan evacuated its pilgrims and students from the country recently; nonetheless, hundreds of Pakistanis living in Iran arrived at the Taftan border on Wednesday, making their way back to their home country.
China evacuated almost 800 citizens from Iran by moving them from Tehran to Turkmenistan by bus, according to the state-run China News Service.
Indian students in Tehran have been moved out of the city, with 110 students being relocated, according to the Indian foreign ministry and media reports.
Over 600 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan from Friday to Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Evacuation from Israel
Bulgaria evacuated 148 people from Israel, which included 89 Bulgarian citizens and 59 foreign nationals on Wednesday, June 18.
Germany has organized charter flights to Frankfurt in Jordan, but it has said that their citizens must travel by their own means to Amman.
Almost 4,000 citizens from Israel and 1,000 in Iran have registered on a crisis list, according to their ministry.
Poland has evacuated 200 citizens from Israel and Jordan and moved it diplomatic staff in Iran to Azerbaijan.
Greece evacuated 105 of its citizens and foreign nations from Israel.
The Japanese government is planning to send a military plane Djibouti to evacuate its citizens from Iran and Israel.
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