France advises citizens against travel to Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine

France warned its citizens on Friday to "imperatively refrain from travel in the coming days to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories", the foreign minister's entourage told the AFP.

Russia made a similar move yesterday, saying they "strongly recommend that Russian citizens refrain from travelling to the region, especially to Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, except in cases of extreme necessity."

These moves come as the region anticipates Iran's promised retaliatory attack against Israel, after the latter reportedly conducted a deadly strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, killing top Iranian commanders.