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Saturday morning update: UK warns nationals against travel to Iraq and Iran
4 January 2020 11:51 GMT
Iran, Iraq and the Middle East are on high alert following the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on Friday morning.
As tensions rise, Britain has advised its nationals to avoid travel to Iraq, outside the Kurdistan region, and to avoid all but essential travel to Iran.
"Given heightened tensions in the region, the Foreign Office now advise people not to travel to Iraq, with the exception of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and to consider carefully whether it's essential to travel to Iran," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.
"We will keep this under review."