Forced evacuation ordered; PH troops to escort Filipinos out of Iraq

Except for Iraq, no security alert levels were raised elsewhere in the Middle East, according to DFA spokesperson Eduardo Meñez. But Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the highest alert level had also been raised in Iran and Lebanon.

Until Wednesday, the DFA had called only for voluntary repatriation of Filipinos in Iraq, except Kurdistan, which is far from Baghdad and relatively safe. In Iran, if the Filipinos cannot fly out of the country, Cimatu said they would travel by land to Turkmenistan, then fly to Ankara in Turkey before finally heading to Manila.Cimatu, a former military chief, said Philippine flags would be used to mark the vehicles carrying the Filipinos to indicate that they were not combatants.

Goddes Libiran, assistant secretary for communications at the Department of Transportation, said the government might seek help from Philippine airlines for the evacuation of Filipinos in the Middle East.The Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was sending a vessel to the Middle East to ferry Filipinos home.

“Yes, we have money, a standby fund ready. The government is ready if there is a need, a call for the repatriation of overseas Filipinos workers,” Toledo told reporters in Malacañang.

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