Poland has sent two military aircraft to evacuate Polish tourists stranded in the Middle East, as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the intensifying conflict.
Thousands of tourists and expats from a host of countries have been trying to escape the Middle East, especially the Gulf states, since Israel and American launched strikes on Iran on Saturday morning.
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Iran retaliated by firing drones and missiles at targets across the region including, the Gulf states.
“The aircraft from the Polish Air Force have taken off from Poland to support the evacuation of Polish citizens from the Middle East,” the Polish Armed Forces announced on X on Thursday.
Although the Armed Forces made no comment on the destination of the aircraft, the Flight Radar website showed on Thursday morning that two aircraft from Poland were bound for Muscat in Oman.
On Wednesday, Jakub Rutnicki, Poland’s tourism minister, said that the military planes would depart on Thursday morning specifically for Oman, as reported by the Polish Press Agency.
