The British government says a chartered flight will take off from Oman late Wednesday to bring back some of the thousands of UK nationals in the Gulf.
It says the most vulnerable will be prioritised for the first of what is expected to be a series of flights.
The Foreign Office says more than 130,000 British nationals in the Middle East have registered their presence with the government since the US-Israel-Iran conflict broke out, though not all are trying to leave.
