The State Department issued a “worldwide caution security alert” advising U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased vigilance on June 22, amid the ongoing Israel-Iran war.
The department cited periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East and the potential for “demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests abroad.”
Travel advisories with threat levels ranging from levels 1 (exercise normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel) by country are listed in a searchable database online on the department’s website: Worldwide Caution – United States Department of State.
Portugal, for example, has been designated Level 1; France is Level 2 (exercise increased caution) and Lebanon is Level 4.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: State Department issues travel advisory and threat levels as Iran conflict intensifies
Reporting by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY / Cincinnati Enquirer
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