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View all search resultsIndonesia still on alert despite Iran-Israel ceasefire
Indonesian representatives in high-risk Middle Eastern countries have started circulating alert notices to diaspora communities outlining responses to possible escalations, including calls to start packing emergency rations and important documents.
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People walk near a mural of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid the Iran-Israel conflict in Tehran on June 23, 2025. (-/Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)
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ears of an escalation in the conflict between Iran and Israel persist despite claims of a ceasefire between the two countries, with the government expediting contingency planning as it finishes its first round of the evacuation of Indonesian nationals from the affected region.
Hours before Iran and Israel agreed a ceasefire, Iran fired missiles at the Al Udeid air force base in Doha, Qatar on Monday night local time as a retaliation against the United States’ bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities. The attack did not result in any casualties, as Iran had warned Qatar prior to the attack, as reported by Reuters.
Despite no casualties from Iran’s attack, airspace in the region was closed for a few hours on Tuesday, including that over Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, with a slew of airlines canceling their flights to the region, AFP reported.
Among the flights affected was the one by Qatar Airways booked for at least 29 Indonesian nationals, the first batch of evacuees from Iran who fled the country through a 16-hour land trip to neighboring Azerbaijan.
The Foreign Ministry told reporters on Tuesday that the evacuees would instead return to Jakarta on a Turkish Airlines flight, arriving more than two hours later than the initial schedule at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.
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The ministry went on to say that it continued to “monitor from a close range the escalation in the conflict between Israel, the US and Iran”.
