Arab nations evacuate their citizens from Egypt

January 30, 2011 09:02 am | Updated November 17, 2021 07:12 am IST - Cairo

Cairo airport officials say several Arab nations have organized additional flights to take their nationals and families of diplomats out of Egypt because of the violence and unrest in the country.

The officials said Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Jordan are the countries that have arranged flights out.

They also said as many as 3,000 people have been stranded at the airport today, at least half of whom were travellers whose flights arrived after the government imposed curfew.

The other half included Egyptians and foreigners who had been scrambling to flee the country only to find that several airlines had either cancelled, delayed or suspended their flights.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

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