The Middle East has been severely disrupted by the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran, causing travel across the region to be disrupted. The first flight carrying French citizens stranded in the Middle East landed in Paris early Wednesday, with about 100 seats booked for vulnerable people on a priority list. Students evacuated from Dubai and returned to Milan after being evacuated by the Italian government. More than 20,000 of the more than 36,000 flights scheduled to or from the region between the start of the war and Wednesday have been canceled, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. With commercial flights limited, governments have been ramping up emergency operations to repatriate citizens. An estimated 400,000 French people are currently in the region affected by the conflict. The United States has advised its citizens to leave more than a dozen countries affected by this conflict, including Iran and Israel.