Middle East Conflict: Six Cruise Ships Stranded, Flights Cancelled and Hotels Impacted Across the Gulf
The military conflict that has grounded flights and emptied hotel lobbies across the Gulf now has cruise ships in its grip too.
At least six vessels from four cruise lines — TUI Cruises, MSC Cruises, Celestyal Cruises and Aroya Cruises — are stranded at ports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha with thousands of passengers aboard and no clear path home, People reports.
It all traces back to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that began Saturday, setting off retaliatory attacks on American military bases across Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain.
