Airlines suspend flights as Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain shut airspace

Open this photo in gallery: Aircraft belonging to Israel’s state carrier El Al and Israir among other airlines at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus on June 16.Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters Airlines were on fresh alert late on Monday after Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait closed their countries' airspace temporarily as Iran attacked the Al Udeid U.S. military base in Doha, the latest upheaval to air travel in the Middle East. On Sunday, the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites and Tehran vowed to defend itself, prompting many carriers to suspend more flights to the Middle East. Explosions were heard over Qatar's capital Doha…