Lebanon, NH – March 14, 2026 – Global Rescue has deployed security experts in the Middle East region to assist international travelers stranded by widespread airspace closures and escalating regional hostilities. The deployments come as ongoing US and Israeli combat operations against Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory missile and drone strikes continue to destabilize the region and disrupt global travel networks.

Global Rescue security teams are operating in coordination with numerous public and private security resources across the region to assist individuals, assess ground conditions and facilitate ground, air and sea evacuations when safe options become available.

“Our security teams are working in a highly dynamic operational environment to relocate travelers from high-risk areas when safe corridors become available,” said Fernando Lopez Medina, security operations supervisor at Global Rescue and a former US Army Special Forces Green Beret. “These operations require close coordination with regional partners, secure transportation resources and constant reassessment of the threat environment to ensure movements are conducted safely.”

Global Rescue deployed personnel are coordinating with a network of aviation, logistics and security partners across the region to assist travelers affected by airport closures and disrupted flight schedules. However, officials emphasize that in many locations sheltering in place remains the safest immediate option.

“In active conflict environments where missile and drone activity continues, unnecessary movement can expose travelers to greater risk,” Medina said. “Our teams evaluate conditions continuously and execute evacuation or relocation plans only when the security environment allows it.”

The conflict has severely disrupted global aviation routes. Airports in the region are operating under limited or irregular conditions. “Travel to or through the Middle East right now carries elevated and unpredictable risk,” said Kent Webber, senior manager of Intelligence Services at Global Rescue and former Senior Intelligence Operations Officer in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence at the United States Pentagon. “Our intelligence teams are continuously gathering and analyzing information from multiple sources across the region to provide members with real-time threat assessments and operational guidance as conditions change.”

“These disruptions are cascading well beyond the Middle East and affecting international flight networks globally,” Webber said. “Travelers transiting the region for Europe, Asia or Africa may encounter extensive delays, rerouting and cancellations.”

Global Rescue maintains operations centers around the world providing continuous 24/7/365 monitoring, intelligence gathering and operational coordination for members and enterprise clients. The organization also maintains a network of nearly 4,000 operational assets in more than 150 countries, including medical and security teams, medical facilities and logistics support centers that support response operations worldwide.

“With rapidly shifting threats and restricted airspace across multiple countries, our teams have leveraged every available capability to assist travelers caught in the crisis,” 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.

“Our mission is to protect our members wherever they are in the world,” Richards said. “Through our global operations centers, intelligence analysts and deployed security teams, we are coordinating complex response efforts to help people navigate this extremely volatile environment.”

Global Rescue continues to advise travelers to postpone non-essential travel to the Middle East until the security situation stabilizes and commercial aviation operations normalize.

Due to the sensitive nature of security operations in active conflict zones, Global Rescue does not disclose operational details or the identities of individuals receiving assistance.

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Contact:  Bill McIntyre | bmcintyre@globalrescue.com | +1 (202) 560-1195. 

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Global Rescue is the world’s leading provider of medical, security, evacuation, and travel risk management services to enterprises, governments, and individuals. Founded in 2004, Global Rescue has exclusive relationships with the Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations and Elite Medical Group. Global Rescue has supported clients through every major global crisis over the past two decades. For more information, visit www.globalrescue.com.