Foreign Office issues new travel advice for Dubai, Cyprus, Turkey | UK | News

British citizens are urged to follow the latest travel advice and review their plans if they are planning to reach Dubai, Cyprus, Turkey, and Egypt amid the conflicts in the Middle East.

The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) updated its advice and is currently warning against travel to the UAE. Those already in locations including Dubai, Bahrain, and Kuwait are being advised to take shelter, the Foreign Office also added.

The UK Foreign Office is also still advising against travelling to the UAE. Its travel advisory reads: « The FCDO now advises against all but essential travel to the United Arab Emirates. Register your presence if you’re in the United Arab Emirates. »

Emirates cancelled several flights on Monday after a drone hit a fuel tank near Dubai International Airport causing a major fire. The airport was temporarily closed while emergency services worked to control the blaze. The airline now expects to run only a limited schedule after 10am local time on Monday, March 16. British Airways recently issued a major travel update for customers on flights to the UAE, and announced that flights to Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, and Tel Aviv are cancelled until at least March 28.

There are no current travel warnings in place for the vast majority of Turkey from the UK Government. The FCDO advises, however, against all travel to within 10km of the border with Syria, though, due to fighting and a heightened risk of terrorism.

About Cyprus, the FCDO said that although there is currently no advice against travel to Cyprus the FCDO has warned of a “heightened risk of regional tension” and possible escalation, which could lead to travel disruption and “other unanticipated impacts”.

As for Egypt, the advice is not to travel within 20km of the Egypt-Libya border except in El Salloum where only essential travel is advised. It is also advised not to travel to North Sinai and there is also and advice against all but essential travel to northern South Sinai beyond the St Catherine Nuweibaa road excluding the main coastal resorts. All but essential travel is also advised against in Ismailiyah Governorate, east of the Suez Canal, and in most of the Western Desert west of the Nile Valley and Delta.

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Earlier this week, a travel advice also warned against travel to countries including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan

The UAE is still among the countries that the UK Government warns people should only travel to if essential. It is one of 69 countries with a travel warning attached to it for UK citizens.

British flights to the Middle East were affected earlier this week after a drone strike on Dubai International Airport is impacting thousands of UK flights. The airport suspended flights after an Iranian drone hit a nearby fuel tank in the early hours of Monday morning. The attack, which took place in the early hours of Monday morning, sent fire and smoke pouring into the sky.No injuries were reported.

Several Emirates flights were either diverted or cancelled, including those from UK airports. Many flights were forced to return to the UK after a U-turn. Passengers on a flight from London Stansted nearly reached Dubai but were diverted to Vienna, Austria. A flight from London Stansted was diverted to Vienna, while seven Emirates flights scheduled from Dubai to London Heathrow were also cancelled.