Canada working to evacuate its citizens from Middle East

Canada is working to evacuate some of its citizens from the Middle East, the country’s foreign minister said on March 4, CNN reports.

Canadian nationals in Israel will be bused to the Egyptian border. In Beirut, limited numbers are being put on planes.

Canada is also trying to arrange charter flights out of the UAE as the airspace begins to open, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand told a press conference.

Canada has more than 100,000 citizens registered in the Middle East, Anand said.

Of those, 2,000 have requested departures, Anand said.