Airlines diverted flights in the Middle East on Monday after Iran's armed forces said the country launched a missile strike on a U.S. military base in Qatar.

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.

Commercial airlines around the world on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights after the U.S. struck Iran. Singapore Airlines, one of the highest-profile in Asia, had called the situation "fluid" on Sunday as it cancelled flights from Singapore to Dubai following a security assessment.