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发布于 2026年3月3日，美国东部时间下午6:05
随着中东地区战争升级，滞留在那里的美国人正在表达他们的沮丧和恐惧，而特朗普政府则试图向他们保证，正在努力让他们回国。
“我感觉就像活靶子，”一名滞留的美国人周二上午告诉美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）。
周二，美国政府表示，正在考虑包括使用军用飞机和包机在内的选项，以撤离希望离开中东的美国公民。
这一行动是在美国和以色列对伊朗发起行动几天后采取的，伊朗随后对整个中东地区的国家进行了报复性袭击。
美国政府受到了巨大的审查，特别是来自滞留者的批评，他们表示政府缺乏指导和援助。周二早些时候，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普暗示，由于事态发展太快，他们还没有制定撤离计划。
“人们普遍感到沮丧，”一名目前在阿联酋试图离开的美国人表示。“我们该去机场吗？我们该待在原地躲避吗？美国政府的指示完全不明确，他们一方面说要待在原地躲避，另一方面又让我们寻找商业航班，而且事先没有任何警告说战争即将爆发。”
美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥周二下午表示，他们“有信心能够协助每一位美国人”。他说，已有1500多名美国公民联系请求援助。
“我们已经确定并将继续确定包机、军事飞行选项和扩大的商业航班选项，这意味着与航空公司合作，派遣座位更多的更大飞机，”这位美国最高外交官表示，但他指出，他们正在应对领空关闭的问题。
美国国务院周二在一份媒体通报中宣布，“正在从阿联酋、沙特阿拉伯和约旦安排包机，供美国公民乘坐，并将在安全条件允许时继续确保更多运力。”
通报称，该部门“正在积极帮助美国公民预订从沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋、阿曼和埃及出发的商业机票”。
“对于那些所在国家无法提供商业航空服务的美国公民，该部门在条件允许时正在协助他们前往第三国。这包括为希望离开以色列的美国公民增加地面交通选择，”美国国务院表示。
美国国务院补充说，乘坐美国协助安排的旅行的美国公民无需向美国政府偿还旅行费用。
国务院一名高级官员表示，他们“正在主动联系美国公民，为他们提供这些航班的座位”。他们还表示，美国大使馆正在帮助美国公民从领空关闭的国家前往有包机可用的地点，包括使用包机巴士。
美国国务院官员敦促滞留海外需要援助的美国人拨打+1-202-501-4444联系该部门。一名国务院官员表示，有120多人在24小时运营的呼叫中心接听电话。
“如果不是这么令人沮丧，这会很可笑”
然而，联系国务院的美国公民表示，他们对收到的非常有限的指导感到沮丧。
周二下午，当有人拨打这个电话时，语音留言仍在建议“目前请不要指望美国政府提供协助撤离或撤离服务”。该留言还敦促美国人参加“聪明旅行者登记项目”获取最新信息，并表示“在持续的军事行动期间，美国人应待在原地，直到可以自由行动为止。”
当国务院负责领事事务的最高官员在军事行动开始几天后呼吁美国公民“立即乘坐可用的商业航班”撤离中东十多个国家时，许多滞留者的愤怒情绪加剧了。而这些国家中的大多数几乎没有商业旅行选择。
“如果不是这么令人沮丧，这会很可笑，”一名被困在迪拜的美国人福雷斯特·哈林顿表示。他原计划周六在迪拜短暂停留，然后从印度的工作旅行返回美国。
他说，如果政府上周敦促美国人不要前往该地区旅行，他会改变旅行计划。
“我们决定攻击伊朗，却不知道该如何处理在其他国家的公民，你知道，与此同时，阿联酋政府收留并供养了我，而我自己的政府却什么都没给我，”他告诉CNN。哈林顿说，他没有收到国务院“聪明旅行者登记项目”的任何更新。
“国务院让我撤离，但根本没有办法撤离，”一名被困在巴林的美国人凯蒂表示。“我不敢相信，当美国挑起这场冲突时，竟然没有支持滞留的美国公民。”
“我本来只打算短暂停留，现在却要在这里 indefinitely（无限期）停留下去，一天比一天受到更多创伤，”她告诉CNN。
前代理助理国务卿、负责外交安全的托德·布朗表示，“当然应该提前给美国人一些关于可能发生什么的预警。”
“我们在该地区部署了军事资产，”他告诉CNN。“这是一个变化，局势升级了。所以，我认为在某种程度上，领事部门本应该向美国人发出建议。”
帮助美国人返回美国的努力同时，国务院也在缩减其在该地区的外交人员部署。由于安全考虑，国务院下令非紧急人员及其家属从六个国家——巴林、伊拉克、约旦、科威特、卡塔尔和阿联酋——撤离。在过去几天里，政府人员被指示在一些国家待在原地躲避。由于安全风险，美国已暂时关闭了在巴基斯坦、贝鲁特、沙特阿拉伯和科威特的外交设施。
第一名国务院高级官员表示，该部门已向750名国会工作人员进行了通报，领事事务局将于周二向全国州长及其高级工作人员进行通报。
第二名国务院高级官员表示，他们已协助超过130名美国公民撤离以色列，预计周二还将有100人撤离。
‘I feel just like a sitting duck’: Americans stranded by war in Middle East express frustration
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PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2026, 6:05 PM ET
Americans stranded in the Middle East as the war in the region escalates are speaking out about their frustration and fears as the Trump administration seeks to reassure them that they are working to get them home.
“I feel just like a sitting duck,” one stranded American told CNN Tuesday morning.
The administration on Tuesday said it is looking at options including using military aircraft and charter flights to relocate US citizens in the Middle East who want to depart.
The efforts come days after the US and Israel launched its operation against Iran, prompting retaliatory attacks by Iran on countries throughout the Middle East.
The administration has come under immense scrutiny, particularly from those who are stuck, for what they said has been a lack of guidance and assistance. And earlier on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump suggested they hadn’t had an evacuation plan in place because things unfolded too quickly.
“There is widespread frustration,” said an American currently in the United Arab Emirates who is trying to leave. “Do we head to the airport? Do we stay sheltered in place? The directive of the US government is completely unclear, they are saying to shelter in place but also to seek out commercial flights and there was no advance warning that a war was about to break out.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday afternoon that they “are confident we’re going to be able to assist every American.” More than 1,500 US citizens had reached out to request assistance, he said.
“We have identified and continue to identify charter flights, military flight options, and expanded commercial flight options, meaning working with the airlines to send bigger airplanes with more seats,” the top US diplomat said, but noted they were contending with airspace closures.
The State Department announced in a media note on Tuesday it “is facilitating charter flights from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan for American citizens, and will continue to secure additional capacity as security conditions allow.”
The note said the Department was “actively helping American citizens book” commercial tickets from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Egypt.
“For those in countries lacking commercial aviation availability, the department is facilitating travel to third countries as conditions allow. That includes increasing ground transportation options for American citizens wishing to leave Israel,” the State Department said.
US citizens who take the US-facilitated travel will not be required to pay the US government back for the cost, the department added.
A senior State Department official said they are “proactively contacting US citizens to offer them seats on these flights.” They also said that US embassies are helping US citizens travel from countries with closed airspace to locations with available charter flights, including using charter buses.
State Department officials have urged Americans to contact the Department if they are stuck overseas and need assistance at +1-202-501-4444. More than 120 people are fielding the calls at that 27/4 call center, a State Department official said.
‘It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so frustrating’
However, US citizens who have reached out to the State Department said they were frustrated by the very limited guidance they have received.
And the number, when one calls it, still advised in a recorded message on Tuesday afternoon, “please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.” It urged Americans to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program for updates and said, “in the event of ongoing military action, Americans should shelter in place until it is safe to move about freely.”
That anger of those stuck was amplified for many when the State Department’s top official for consular affairs – days after the start of military operations – called on US citizens to “DEPART NOW” on “available commercial travel” from more than a dozen countries in the Middle East. There are virtually no commercial travel options available from the majority of those countries.
“It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so frustrating,” said Forrest Harrington, a US citizen stuck in Dubai. He was only meant to have a layover there on Saturday and was returning to the US from a work trip in India.
He said if the department had urged Americans against traveling to the region last week, he would have altered his travel plans.
“We decided to attack Iran, not knowing what to do with our citizens in other countries, you know, meanwhile, the UAE Government has, you know, housed and fed me since I got here and I’ve received nothing from my own government,” he told CNN. Harrington said he had not received any updates from the State Department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
“The Department of State tells me to evacuate, but there’s no way to do so,” said Katie, an American stuck in Bahrain. “I cannot believe there is no support for US Citizens stranded when the US started this conflict.”
“I was just supposed to have a short layover and now I’m here for the indefinite future, getting more and more trauma by the day,” she told CNN.
Todd Brown, a former acting assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, said “certainly there should have been some notice” to Americans “about the concern over what could be looming.”
“We put military assets in the region, he told CNN. “That’s a change and an elevation of things. So, I would have thought there would have been consular to some degree advising Americans.”
The efforts to help Americans get back to the US also come as the State Department is reducing its diplomatic footprint across the region. The State Department ordered non-emergency personnel and their family members to depart from six countries – Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE – due to security concerns. Over the past several days, government personnel have been instructed to shelter in place in a number of countries. The US has temporarily closed diplomatic facilities in Pakistan, Beirut, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait due to security risks.
The first senior State Department official said the department has briefed 750 congressional staff, and that the Bureau of Consular Affairs would brief governors from across the country and their senior staff on Tuesday.
A second senior department official said they had assisted over 130 American citizens to depart Israel and 100 more were expected to depart Tuesday.
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