It sounds like the situation is escalating fast. Take a plane if you can, but airspace is closed in many places, so drive if you can. Trump said it could be ended in 5 days, but I don't think that took retaliation/response into consideration. Now it won't be ended for another 4-5 weeks, or longer. Ground troops are likely. Complete chaos in the region where people want peace.
Finally, 3 days after waging war, there is urgency in getting out of the region.
Imagine that Trump announced on Saturday that he has decided to start a war with Iran that will last at least a month, and will involve ground troops. Would anyone be celebrating on the streets that the Iranian leader had been killed? Think about the cost to the US for this war.
Does anyone believe that the US can start a war in the Middle East and there will be peace in a month? For decades we've heard that starting a Middle East war is guaranteed to cause global problem. Now we'll find out whether that is true.
"It was already assumed that American bases would be targeted, but it's no longer just about military targets. Civilian infrastructure is now also being targeted, such as embassies and certain hotels where Americans are known to be frequently accommodated.
So we're really seeing an escalation. Yesterday, for example, there were attacks here in Qatar on LNG facilities, where liquefied natural gas is stored, on oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, and on civilian targets in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
That's why the US has also called on all its embassy staff to leave the region. This indicates that things will continue here for quite some time.
If possible, people should take a plane, but airspace is still closed in many places. In Qatar, you could leave by driving to Saudi Arabia. You can also do that in the United Arab Emirates or Bahrain."
Ze krijgen het advies om met commerciële vluchten te vertrekken. Lukt dat niet, dan kunnen ze hulp krijgen van het ministerie.
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