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MILAN – Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto became stranded in Dubai over the weekend after military operations targeting Iran forced airlines to cancel flights throughout the region, according to sources within the defense ministry.<\/p>

Crosetto had departed Rome Friday night on a commercial airline to reunite with his family members, who were already vacationing in the United Arab Emirates. The defense minister had planned to fly back to Italy Saturday evening.<\/p>

However, those travel plans were disrupted when U.S. and Israeli forces conducted attacks on Iran, prompting major carriers to halt service to the region. Italy’s national airline, ITA Airways, announced it would suspend all flights to and from Dubai through Sunday as a safety precaution.<\/p>

The flight suspensions left the defense minister temporarily unable to return to his duties in Rome while he remained with his family in Dubai.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto found himself unable to return home from Dubai after military strikes on Iran led to widespread flight cancellations. The minister had traveled to the UAE to meet his vacationing family but became stranded when airlines suspended operations through the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1772302599910.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-7Fp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30966,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/middle-east-conflict-leaves-thousands-of-travelers-stranded-worldwide\/","url_meta":{"origin":29475,"position":0},"title":"Middle East Conflict Leaves Thousands of Travelers Stranded Worldwide","author":"Admin","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Escalating conflict involving Iran has left tens of thousands of travelers trapped across the Middle East as airlines cancel flights and airspace closes. 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