{"id":528072,"date":"2026-03-17T03:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528072\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T03:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:51:08","slug":"us-embassy-in-iraq-hit-by-drone-strikes-as-uae-reopens-airspace-after-missile-threats-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528072\/","title":{"rendered":"US embassy in Iraq hit by drone strikes as UAE reopens airspace after missile threats from Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How is air travel being affected by the war in Iran?published at 23:00 GMT 16 March<\/p>\n<p>23:00 GMT 16 March<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emirates Airline - an A380 in the air\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1ef7b595-dc0d-48fb-a76a-fc1ef383828a.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"930\" height=\"523\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Air travel remains disrupted, with the US-Israel war in Iran forcing the closure of major transport hubs. Here&#8217;s how some airlines have been impacted: <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Emirates: The UAE airline was gradually resuming flights to some destinations, authorities said, after a fire caused by a drone near the airport forced the temporary suspension of flights. However early on Tuesday morning, the UAE announced that it was temporarily closing its airspace as an &#8220;exceptional precautionary measure&#8221;. How this will affect flights is currently unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Etihad Airways: The UAE carrier said it was operating a limited schedule of flights between Abu Dhabi and other destinations, however with the UAE&#8217;s announcement of a temporary airspace closure, it is unclear how flights may be affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Oman Air: Flights to and from certain destinations, including Dubai, Doha and Bahrain are cancelled until March 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Qatar Airways: The airline announced that flights were still suspended due to the closure of Qatari airspace, but a revised limited number of flights will resume from 18-28 March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turkish Airlines: Flights have been listed as cancelled from various destinations in the Middle East including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, a number of airlines including Air Canada, Delta, and Wizz Air have suspended flights to Tel Aviv until later in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If you&#8217;re due to travel, the advice is to check with your airline to make sure your flight hasn&#8217;t been amended or cancelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How is air travel being affected by the war in Iran?published at 23:00 GMT 16 March 23:00 GMT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-528072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}