- The UK Foreign Office (FCDO) has not issued any new warnings against travel to Turkey , but does say that “regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption”.
- An existing restriction advises against all travel within 10km of the Syrian border due to “fighting and a heightened risk of terrorism”.
- New FCDO advice requires British nationals intending to cross the land border from Iran into Turkey to seek facilitation from the British Embassy in Ankara.
- While flights between the UK and major Turkish airports are operating as scheduled, according to Flightradar24, Turkish Airlines has cancelled some flights to Iran and other surrounding regions.
- Concerns have been raised among holidaymakers with trips booked to the region amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East . Multiple people were injured in an Iranian drone attack on Kuwait International Airport’s T1 building on Wednesday.
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