DUBAI: Hundreds of thousands of stranded travelers scrambled to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines Sunday after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel. Tourists and business travelers crowded hotels and airports, with no word on when many airports would reopen or when flights to and through the Middle East would resume. Some governments advised their stranded citizens to shelter in place.

Airlines paused flights to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha and other cities after airspace was closed over a large swath of the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched a…

The U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran has disrupted air travel across the Middle East and beyond.