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More than 2,000 Canadians request assistance leaving Middle East, official says

Published March 5, 2026 Updated March 5, 2026 04:28am
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More than 2,000 Canadians have requested assistance from the Canadian government to leave the Middle East amid the intensifying US and Israeli conflict with Iran, a Canadian official said, according to Reuters.

Half of those inquiries came from Canadians in the United Arab Emirates, 200 from Qatar and 160 from Lebanon, the official said.

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