{"id":4239,"date":"2026-03-17T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:30:23","slug":"foreign-office-issues-do-not-travel-warning-for-14-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4239","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Office issues \u2018do not travel\u2019 warning for 14 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Foreign Office issues \u2018do not travel\u2019 warning for 14 countries\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1100px) 620px, 620px\" src=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=360&amp;q=75 360w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=414&amp;q=75 414w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=768&amp;q=75 768w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1024&amp;q=75 1024w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1280&amp;q=75 1280w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75 1536w\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FNthumbnail.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>As the conflict in the Middle East continues<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>The Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO) this week has warned against travel to 14 countries, in its newest update for British citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Countries like Israel and Russia are among the 14 countries on a \u201cdo not travel\u201d list, while FCDO also advises against travel to dozens of others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Amid the disruption caused by the Middle East conflict, tourists and UK nationals in these nations should also leave immediately for their own safety, according to FCDO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>A further 60 countries are flagged as having no-go zones, as the Foreign Office has advised against \u201call travel\u201d and \u201call but essential travel\u201d to these countries or parts of them, such as Spain, Finland, Germany and Poland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cRegional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption. Stay away from areas around security or military facilities. Follow the instructions of the local authorities and monitor local and international media for the latest information\u201d, the FCDO said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Travel continues to suffer as the impact has already been felt economically with fuel prices rocketing in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cStay away from areas around security or military facilities. Follow the instructions of the local authorities and monitor local and international media for the latest information\u201d, the Foreign Office added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>UK nationals in the following places, as Birmingham Live reports, should return to Great Britain and no one should visit from our nation. Authorities say, in each case, Brits are vulnerable to \u201cheightened risks\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p><strong>Full list of 14 countries<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Afghanistan<br \/>Belarus<br \/>Burkina Faso<br \/>Haiti<br \/>Iran<br \/>Iraq<br \/>Israel<br \/>Mali<br \/>Niger<br \/>Palestine<br \/>Russia<br \/>South Sudan<br \/>Syria<br \/>Yemen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Foreign #Office #issues #travel #warning #countries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the conflict in the Middle East continues The Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO) this week has warned against travel to 14 countries, in its newest update for British citizens. Countries like Israel and Russia are among the 14 countries on a \u201cdo not travel\u201d list, while FCDO also advises against travel to dozens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1635,3961,231,3930,1644,1883,433,1835,1645],"class_list":{"0":"post-4239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-countries","9":"tag-fcdo","10":"tag-foreign","11":"tag-foreign-office","12":"tag-issues","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-office","15":"tag-travel","16":"tag-warning"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}