The FCDO has updated its travel advice for several countries
The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Brits visiting the Middle Easr(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for several countries in the Middle East including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid a tentative US-Iran ceasefire.
While a ceasefire remains in place between Iran and the US, Donald Trump continues to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a move the US president threatened after peace talks taking place in Pakistan collapsed last week.
Since the beginning of the conflict at the end of February, the UK Foreign Office has continued to update its travel advice for Brits visiting or living in the Middle East, including Qatar and Dubai.
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At the start of the war, Brits were encouraged to register their presence, and many airlines cancelled flights as areas were being hit with strikes. Now, the Foreign Office has updated issued new advice for several countries.
In an update affecting Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, among others, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said that while strikes on civilian infrastructure have ‘decreased’, further attacks ‘could occur at short notice’.
The update on the Foreign Office website reads: “Iranian strikes against civilian infrastructure across the region such as ports, hotels, roads, bridges, energy facilities, oil production sites, water systems, and airports, have decreased. However, the risk of renewed strikes remains, and further attacks could occur at short notice.”
On the UAE travel advice page, the Foreign Office has said that ‘regional escalation’ continues to pose ‘significant security risks’.
The full warning reads: “Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption.
“The Iranian regime has publicly stated its intention to target locations associated with the United States and Israel. This includes US or Israeli-linked organisations, businesses, facilities and institutions.
“Stay away from areas around security or military facilities, and US or Israeli-linked locations.”
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A ceasefire was agreed between the US and Iran on the basis that Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which is a major transport route for oil. With the strait being blocked over the past two months, it has meant that effects have been felt across the globe.
Fuel prices have rocketed over the recent weeks, with UK drivers now currently paying an average of 158.1p per litre of petrol, while people who own diesel vehicles are paying 192.2p.
In Greater Manchester owners of petrol cars are currently being charged 1.6p less than the national average of 158.1p. Diesel car drivers in Greater Manchester are paying 2.1p less than the national average.