As the face-off between the United State and Iran escalates, following a retaliatory airstrike by Iran on two US military airbases in Iraq, airlines across the world have cancelled flights to Dubia, United Arab Emirate, Iran and Iraq.

It will be recalled that Iran had, early yesterday, threatened to bomb Israel and Dubai if the United States retaliates for its ballistic missile strike at two Iraqi bases housing US troops.

This came as President Donald Trump said his government was reviewing the situation and will take appropriate action at the right time.

The rocket attacks at the Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and a base in Erbil yesterday came amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. Iran had pledged severe retailiation.

Although Iranian government claimed that about 80 US troops were killed in the attack, US government insisted that no casualties were recorded in the attack.

Following heightened tensions in the area, commercial airlines have canceled all scheduled flights to Iran, Iraq and most parts of the Middle East.

Meanwhile Nigeria’s only carrier going to the Middle East, Dubai, Air Peace airline told Vanguard that they have not announced the cancellation of their flight scheduled for today, (Thursday) to Dubai.

As at the time of filing this report, the airline Communication Executive , Sterley Olisa said he will get back to Vanguard if they change their current decision

Addressing the nation on the next move after the attack, Trump said Iran “appears to be standing down”, a sign that Washington may not seek a response.

“As long as I am leader, Iran will never have nuclear weapon,” he said.

He said he will ask NATO “to become much more involved” in the Middle East”.

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