Some U.S. and other international airlines are keeping a halt on flights to major Middle Eastern airports as global carriers scramble to figure out whether to continue flying to the region amid intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran and military intervention by the U.

Airlines have cancelled or rerouted flights to and from the Middle East, as the conflict between Israel and Iran raged. Qatar's Doha airport, a critical hub in the region, halted operations on Monday,

By Lisa Barrington and Jack Queen (Reuters) -Airlines on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights as a conflict which has already cut off major flight routes entered a new phase after the U.