Tourists warned not to travel to areas around Turkey and Egypt after fallouts from General Soleimani’s death

The Foreign Office is warning tourists not to travel to areas in Turkey and Egypt amid new safety concerns.

Despite offering holidaymakers hot temperatures, sunshine and incredible scenery, there are now fresh concerns for the welfare of people who travel there.

The changes to the travel advice come after General Qadem Soleimani was killed by a US air strike, sparking mass protests in Iran.

Iran has responded with their own strikes on US bases in Iraq.

People travelling to certain areas of the countries are being advised not to do so unless absolutely essential.

Here are the warnings you need to be aware of:

Turkey

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advises against all travel to areas within 10 km of the border with Syria, except the city of Kilis (see below).

The FCO advise against all but essential travel to:

all other areas of Sirnak, Kilis (including Kilis city) and Hatay provinces
the provinces of Diyarbakir, Tunceli and Hakkari
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Egypt

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advises against all travel to the Governorate of North Sinai.

The FCO advise against all but essential travel to:

the Governorate of South Sinai, except the area within the Sharm el Sheikh perimeter barrier, which includes the airport and the areas of Sharm el Maya, Hadaba, Naama Bay, Sharks Bay and Nabq.
the area west of the Nile Valley and Nile Delta regions, excluding the coastal areas between the Nile Delta and Marsa Matruh (as shown on the map).
Syria

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advises against all travel to Syria. British nationals in Syria should leave by any practical means..

A previous version of this story was published with the headline ‘Foreign Office warns tourists not to travel to Dubai, Turkey and Egypt after fallout of General Soleimani’s death’. This has now been changed to ‘not to travel to areas of’, because some areas of the country are not advised against.

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