Qatar has partially reopened its airspace for limited flights, days after retaliatory Iranian missile and drone strikes forced a full closure of the key travel hub The move comes as a United States-Israeli military campaign against Iran enters its seventh day, a conflict that has reportedly killed at least 1,045 people inside Iran.
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority announced on Friday evening that flights would operate through “designated navigational contingency routes with limited operational capacity” in coordination with the armed forces. The reopening is currently restricted to evacuation and cargo flights, with scheduled commercial services remaining suspended
The airspace closure was a response to Iranian strikes across the Gulf, which followed a significant escalation in the conflict. Earlier in the week, a US strike sank Iran’s destroyer, the IRIS Dena, off the coast of Galle, Sri Lanka, killing more than 100 sailors, according to a report from Al Jazeera As the conflict continues, the disruption to one of the world's busiest aviation regions highlights the widening impact of the military activities on regional stability and global logistics.
Yasir Rai
