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Stranded passengers wait at the Qatar Airways customer service at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on March 1, 2026, after flights to Doha, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi were cancelled following strikes on Iran launched by the US and Israel. Reuters

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