Oriente Médio
Filipino workers stranded amid middle east tensions
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Around 1,033 overseas Filipino workers are stranded at airports in the Philippines and abroad due to flight cancellations from the Middle East crisis. A Filipina caregiver was killed in an airstrike in Israel, President Marcos said. Officials urge Filipinos in the region to exercise caution amid escalating tensions.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will attend sessions at the United Nations headquarters in New York on March 9 and 10 to call for peace in the Middle East and support the Philippines' bid for a UN Security Council seat. The visit comes amid an escalating conflict in the region that began on February 28 with coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran. At least two million Filipinos reside or work in the Middle East.
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Os Estados Unidos e Israel lançaram um ataque conjunto contra o Irã em 28 de fevereiro de 2026, confirmando a morte do líder supremo Ali Khamenei. A operação, chamada 'Epic Fury', visava degradar as capacidades nucleares e militares do Irã, provocando ataques retaliatórios com mísseis contra Israel e bases dos EUA na região. O conflito levou ao fechamento de espaços aéreos e temores de escalada no Oriente Médio.