Passengers have paid huge sums to get out of the Middle East, with last-minute dashes to the airport, overland trips to ⁠less impacted hubs and ⁠fighter jets at times escorting passenger planes out. Some described it as "absolute chaos".

Hundreds of thousands of travelers are stranded in the Middle East after the cancellation of thousands of flights as war rages across the region.

The rise in oil prices opens an uncertain scenario if the Middle East conflict drags on, but generates more money for the region's exporting nations.

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Governments around the world are rushing to organize the return of their citizens from the Middle East on Wednesday and air traffic seems to be picking up slightly as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening Iran war.

Countries around the world are still working to safely return nationals stranded by war in the Middle East, with more evacuation flights set to take off in the coming days.

Maersk, ⁠one ⁠of the world's ⁠biggest container shipping groups, said on ​Friday it has temporarily suspended two services linking ‌the Middle East to ‌Asia and Europe as the Iran ⁠conflict ⁠continues to disrupt global supply chains.

By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) - Fuel oil traders in Asia are struggling to secure alternative supply as the Iran war curtails shipments from key Middle Eastern suppliers through the Strait of Hormuz,

The conflict raging in the Middle East will test the resilience of a global economy that has already contended with wars and trade disruptions over the past year.

FlightRadar24 on Thursday reported a growing number of private flights in Oman as the war in Iran continues, grounding commercial flights at major Middle Eastern airports. (Flightradar24)