More than 800 Canadians have left Iran, Israel amid conflict: officials
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Global Affairs Canada said the agency is also aware of many Canadians across the Middle East region who have reached safety independently.
More than 800 Canadians, permanent residents and family members are known to have left Iran, Israel and the West Bank since the government began offering help to those looking to escape the deadly conflict, officials say.
Global Affairs Canada said in its daily update late Wednesday that the agency is also aware of many Canadians across the Middle East region who have reached safety independently.
A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to hold for a third day Thursday, following 12 days of missile and drone attacks between the two countries.
After Sunday’s U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, U.S. President Donald Trump helped negotiate a ceasefire that came into effect on Tuesday. Further negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are expected next week.
On Thursday, Iran partially reopened its airspace for the eastern half of the country to domestic and international flights, including those transiting Iranian airspace. The airspace had been closed since Israel’s initial attack on Iran two weeks ago.
Since last week, Canadian consular officials have been helping people leave Iran for safe third countries from which they can fly home. They have done the same for Canadians in Israel, whose main international airport was also closed to flights throughout the war, and the West Bank.
On Wednesday, Global Affairs Canada said government-arranged buses from Tel Aviv and Ramallah to Jordan brought seven people to safety.
The day before, 95 people travelled on a government-chartered plane from Jordan to Greece, where consular officials provided additional assistance for travellers.
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