Borders closing and airspaces shut as Israel-Iran conflict rages

Pakistan closes its borderline with Iran portion Jordan suspends flights but keeps onshore crossings with Israel operational.

Pakistan has closed each its borderline crossings with Iran for an indefinite play arsenic question continues to beryllium heavy disrupted by the intensifying conflict betwixt Israel and Iran, and airspace successful the portion has besides been impacted with missiles flying done neighbouring countries successful some directions.

Crossing into Iran “has been suspended until further notice”, Atta ul Munim, an authoritative astatine 1 of the crossings successful Pakistan’s Chaghi district, said connected Monday. Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a elder authoritative successful Balochistan province, told the AFP quality bureau that borderline facilities on the much than 900km (560-mile) borderline person been shut.

Iranian airspace has been closed arsenic it counters Israel’s attacks. The Civil Aviation Authority said Iran’s airspace would stay closed “until further notice” to “protect the information of passengers”.

Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport remained closed “until further notice”. The Israeli emblem bearer El Al Airlines said it has suspended each flights until astatine slightest Thursday with further cancellations to galore European cities extending to June 23.

However, 3 onshore borderline crossings betwixt Israel and Jordan – the Jordan River, the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge and the Yitzhak Rabin crossings – remained functional.

The Israeli National Security Council advised its citizens to debar travelling done Jordan and Egypt due to the fact that of information risks. The Israel Airports Authority besides said determination was “no recommendation” for Israelis to question to Greece oregon Cyprus due to the fact that “passengers tin expect to hold for days until a instrumentality formation is really possible.”

Jordan connected Sunday announced the closure of its airspace for a 2nd clip since Israel launched its astonishment battle connected Iran connected Friday. Amman said the Jordanian subject had intercepted immoderate ballistic missiles that had entered Jordanian airspace.

Several countries were preparing to evacuate their nationals from the struggle zone. Poland’s lawman overseas curate said it planned to way astir 200 of its citizens visiting Israel done Jordan’s capital.

India said its diplomats were helping immoderate Indian students relocate retired of harm’s mode successful Iran. “The Indian Embassy successful Tehran is continuously monitoring the information concern and engaging Indian students successful Iran to guarantee their safety,” a Ministry of External Affairs connection said.

“In immoderate cases, students are being relocated with [the] Embassy’s facilitation to safer places wrong Iran,” it added.

Several airlines person announced formation suspensions. Russia’s Aeroflot cancelled flights betwixt Moscow and Tehran and made changes to different routes successful the Middle East. Qatar Airways said it had temporarily cancelled flights to and from Iran, Iraq and Syria.

Greece’s Aegean Airlines cancelled each flights to and from Tel Aviv up to July 12 arsenic good arsenic each flights to and from Beirut, Amman and Erbil done June 28.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies