{"id":8063,"date":"2026-03-07T23:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8063"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:12:36","slug":"middle-east-americans-stranded-airlines-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8063","title":{"rendered":"Americans Struggle to Evacuate the Middle East a Week After Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"site-content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->Americans Struggle to Evacuate the Middle East a Week After Strikes<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<div class=\"css-1g7y0i5 e1drnplw0\"><button tabindex=\"100\" class=\"css-1rtlxy\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"close\"><svg width=\"60\" height=\"60\" viewbox=\"0 0 60 60\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"30\" cy=\"30\" r=\"30\" fill=\"white\" fill-opacity=\"0.9\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M38.4844 20.1006L39.8986 21.5148L21.5138 39.8996L20.0996 38.4854L38.4844 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5156 20.1006L20.1014 21.5148L38.4862 39.8996L39.9004 38.4854L21.5156 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-18ow4sz e1drnplw2\">\n<div aria-labelledby=\"modal-title\" role=\"region\">\n<header class=\"css-1bzlfz\">\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"css-1igvuto\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/header>\n<div class=\"css-uzyn7p\">\n<div class=\"css-1vxywau\">\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">Americans Struggle to Evacuate the Middle East a Week After Strikes<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">One week into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, thousands of Americans remain stranded. Despite official promises of help, many say they\u2019ve been left to navigate closed airports, canceled flights and uncertainty on their own.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<dl class=\"css-p98d0w\">\n<dt class=\"css-xx7kwh\"\/>\n<dd class=\"css-4gvq6l\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cIt was a three-hour layover, and it just became a seven-day lockdown. I\u2019m always quick to be like, OK, let me get on that list. Let me get on that thing. And they\u2019ve just said that they\u2019re working on getting everybody out. So this is the confusing part, is like, OK, are they doing everything they can to get us out? Because they\u2019ll also say get out now.\u201d \u201cI expected a more comprehensive plan. And we registered from STEP. We\u2019ve contacted our embassy. We\u2019ve done every single thing that we should do. The woman I spoke to, she asked me where we were. I said \u2018Oman,\u2019 and she asked me to spell it for her. I never thought I would have to spell Oman to a member of our State Department.\u201d \u201cState Department, not very helpful at all. Every alert that they gave and all advice that they gave was like a day at least too late.\u201d \u201cI feel like it was a stressful situation, just not knowing when we can come back. But we were able to get back, and now we feel really good to be back home. Even in the rain and the snow, it feels good to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"css-jgknzh\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1331l0f\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.2.26-CnxAEwcy.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.2.26-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.2.26-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Americans-Struggle-to-Evacuate-the-Middle-East-a-Week-After.png\" data-testid=\"betamax-poster\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_poster_13tnt_20\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.2.26-DTyJF-yz.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/scrubber-0.2.26-allGBXvP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.2.26-C_YVzzUG.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1r2245g\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">One week into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, thousands of Americans remain stranded. 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