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View all search resultsAustralia's Albanese says 'military assets' deployed to Mideast
Countries have rushed to evacuate their citizens from the Middle East this week after US-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and sparked a regional war.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) on September 24, 2025 in New York City. World leaders convened for the 80th session of UNGA, with this year’s theme for the annual global meeting being “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights”. (AFP/Getty Images/Alexi J. Rosenfeld)
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ustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday that "military assets" had been deployed to the Middle East as a contingency plan.
Countries have rushed to evacuate their citizens from the Middle East this week after US-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and sparked a regional war.
Albanese told the Australian parliament the government had sent six crisis response teams to the region.
"And we've already deployed military assets as part of our contingency planning earlier this week," he said.
"I thank those Australians going into a dangerous situation in order to help their fellow Australians," he added.
The Australian leader did not give further details about the nature of the assets, though local outlet SBS News reported they were planes.
AFP contacted Albanese's office and the Australian defence ministry for further information.
Australia has said it has 115,000 citizens in the region.
New Zealand also ordered two military aircraft to the Middle East on Thursday in preparation for evacuations of its citizens from the region.
