(Lebanon, NH — February 28, 2026) — Global Rescue, the world’s leading provider of medical, security, evacuation, and travel risk management services, is actively providing real-time advisory support for international business and leisure travelers affected by the escalating conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran.

The conflict has triggered widespread disruption across the Middle East. Several countries — including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — have closed their airspace to civilian traffic. In other locations, flight operations have ceased despite technically open airspace, stranding travelers and complicating regional mobility.

Global Rescue security operations teams are responding with intelligence monitoring, direct member advisory support and potential extraction planning. “Depending on location and threat conditions, security experts are leveraging secure ground transport and alternative routing options to relocate travelers to safer areas when feasible,” said Fernando Lopez Medina, security operations supervisor at Global Rescue and a former US Army Special Forces Green Beret.

“We are operating in a highly dynamic and dangerous environment, leveraging every available resource to reach and safeguard those impacted by the conflict,” said Dan Richards, CEO of The Global Rescue Companies, the world’s leading provider of medical, security, evacuation and travel risk management services and a member of the US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board at the US Department of Commerce. “With multiple airspace closures and rapidly shifting threat vectors, our teams are delivering real-time intelligence, operational coordination, and, where conditions permit, secure movement out of high-risk zones.”

The latest escalation follows direct exchanges of drone, missile, and aerial strikes between Israel and Iran, significantly elevating regional threat levels and increasing the risk of collateral exposure to civilian populations and international travelers. Retaliatory actions and countermeasures have created a volatile and fluid security environment with little advance warning of additional strikes.

“Our mission is to keep people out of harm’s way — safely and quickly,” Richards said. “The closure of major air corridors and the potential for further retaliatory attacks require disciplined risk assessment and operational flexibility. We are adapting continuously to evolving security conditions to protect our members.”

For travelers currently in affected areas, Global Rescue is advising sheltering in place until conditions stabilize.

“In active conflict zones where airspace is closed and retaliatory strikes remain a credible threat, the safest immediate course of action is often to shelter in place,” Medina said. “Ground evacuation options may exist depending on specific location and timing, but unnecessary movement can increase exposure to harm if additional strikes occur.”

For those with upcoming travel scheduled to the region, Global Rescue recommends postponement.

“We are advising travelers with planned itineraries to reschedule travel to the region until the security environment stabilizes,” Richards said. “We continue to monitor developments closely and will reassess extraction and movement options as conditions evolve.”

Global Rescue has activated emergency response protocols and continues 24/7 intelligence monitoring across the region. Services include continuous threat assessments, destination-specific security briefings, emergency action planning, secure communications, and coordinated evacuation when operationally viable.

Due to the sensitive nature of these operations and the inherent risks associated with active conflict zones, Global Rescue cannot disclose specific extraction details or the identities of individuals receiving assistance.

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Contact:

Bill McIntyre at bmcintyre@globalrescue.com or +1 (202) 560-1195.

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