UK sending rapid teams to help citizens leave Middle East

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said on Monday that Britain was setting up support systems to help evacuate its citizens from the Middle East with an estimated 300,000 living in the region.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“We are looking at a wide range of options, working, crucially with the travel industry and with government evacuation, if necessary,” Cooper told Sky News.The British government wanted airspace to be re-opened and it was sending rapid deployment teams to the region to work with the travel industry, she said.Read more:Suspected drone strike hits British air base in Cyprus