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Kenyans caught in the crossfire of US-Iran war

Mourners gather with Iranian national flags for a memorial vigil, a day after the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei in joint US and Israeli strikes, in Tehran on March 1, 2026. [AFP]

Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans working and living in the Middle East have been caught up in the war between the United States and Iran.

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