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Tech companies with Middle East operations have scrambled to respond as fighting rippled across the region after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.

Dozens of Google employees who attended a sales conference in Dubai were stranded due to flight cancellations and travel disruptions triggered by the conflict. Google said the majority of impacted employees are not U.S.-based but in-region employees, according to a CNBC report.

Big Tech firms have hit a snag in the Middle East. Firm leaders were compelled to temporarily alter operations in the UAE amid the Iran war.

Iran has hit the UAE and several of its neighbours as it strikes back from the major attack by US and Israeli forces, causing fear and chaos.