Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States and Russia are among the nations organizing special evacuation flights for their citizens.
Some countries are chartering commercial planes, while others are deploying military aircraft.
They are evacuating nationals from countries including Oman, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Here’s an idea of what some countries are doing:
United Kingdom
The first flight chartered by the British government from Oman was expected to land in the UK on Thursday. A second flight is scheduled to…