Singapore to mount repatriation flight on Saturday for citizens stranded in Middle East
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The Government is planning a flight from Oman's capital city Muscat on Saturday (March 7) to bring back Singaporeans stranded in the Middle East.Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Gan Siow Huang said about a quarter of SiSingapore to mount repatriation flight on Saturday for citizens stranded in Middle East
The Government is planning a flight from Oman's capital city Muscat on Saturday (March 7) to bring back Singaporeans stranded in the Middle East.Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Gan Siow Huang said about a quarter of Singaporeans who have e-registered with her ministry have sought assistance to return home since the war broke out between Israel and the United States, and Iran. She said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has deployed crisis response teams to the Middle East — three officers are in Muscat and two more will be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The government-planned repatriation flight will serve Singaporeans who are currently in Oman and the United Arab Emirates, where about 60 per cent of e-registered Singaporeans are located.Gan added that over the next few days, MFA will also launch assisted overland trips for Singaporeans in Bahrain and Qatar to Riyadh, where there are commercial flights available to Singapore. Read more









