Some U.S. and other international airlines are keeping a halt on flights to major Middle Eastern airports as global carriers scramble to figure out whether to continue flying to the region amid intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran and military intervention by the U.

By Lisa Barrington and Jack Queen (Reuters) -Airlines on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights as a conflict which has already cut off major flight routes entered a new phase after the U.

Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages and the United States joins the fight.