{"id":33225,"date":"2026-03-03T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33225"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:34:40","slug":"singaporeans-in-middle-east-asked-to-indicate-interest-in-assisted-departure-amid-airport-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33225","title":{"rendered":"Singaporeans in Middle East asked to indicate interest in &#8216;assisted departure&#8217; amid airport closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and and its overseas missions in the Middle East are conducting a survey to gauge the interest of Singaporeans in the region who may require assistance to return home, amid ongoing airport closures in parts of the region.<\/p>\n<p>The survey is to assess interest in assisted departures and is not a confirmation that evacuation operations will be mounted, said MFA on Tuesday (Mar 3).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;P<span>lease note that it may not be feasible to facilitate departures from all regions and airports,&#8221; the ministry added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Based on the current status of airports functioning in the region, you may be required to travel to a neighbouring country for safe passage out of the region. This may include overland travel through congested checkpoints.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The following routes are being considered, said MFA:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Dubai to Muscat (approximately seven to nine hours)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Abu Dhabi to Muscat (eight to 10 hours)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Doha to Riyadh\/Jeddah (seven hours to Riyadh, 17 hours to Jeddah)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Amman to Jeddah (15 hours)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Singaporeans who choose to depart would be responsible for all associated costs, including air tickets, land transportation, travel documentation, visas and temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to indicate their interest can do so via an online survey.<\/p>\n<p>Singaporeans in the Middle East are also encouraged to eRegister their presence with MFA to receive updates on any organised operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v25.0\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/mfa-middle-east-singaporeans-survey-dubai-abu-dhabi-assisted-departure-5966986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and and its overseas missions in the Middle East are conducting a survey to gauge the interest of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--Ikpo5KFb--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2023-11:afp_watermark_14112023,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/03\/03\/000_99gq8zq_0.jpg?itok=cONJSxGT","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1350,2125,17140,10040,12160,6608,1444,8426,418],"class_list":["post-33225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-airport","tag-asked","tag-assisted","tag-closures","tag-departure","tag-east","tag-interest","tag-middle","tag-singaporeans","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}