Category - Middle East

LEBANON – AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to Lebanon due to heightened tensions and crime. Ensure that your travel documents are up to date and register yourselves and your families online with the Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA) service in order to receive the latest advice from […]

Successful negotiations between unionists and airport authorities occurred on Wednesday, March 27, thereby canceling nationwide airport strikes anticipated for mid-April. Three days before the World Social Forum was to bring tens of thousands of visitors to Tunis, a strike by airport workers scheduled for March 25-27 has been postponed to April 16-18, according to Tunisian […]

April 01, 2013 The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon because of current safety and security concerns. U.S. citizens living and working in Lebanon should understand that they accept risks in remaining and should carefully consider those risks. This supersedes the Travel Warning issued on September 17, 2012, to […]

LEBANON – AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to Lebanon due to heightened tensions and crime. Ensure that your travel documents are up to date and register yourselves and your families online with the Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA) service in order to receive the latest advice from […]

Message for U.S. Citizens: Cairo (Egypt), Polio Vaccination Reminder Disease Outbreak Near East > Egypt > Cairo 1/30/2013 The U.S. Embassy encourages U.S. citizens to have up-to-date immunizations, especially the polio vaccine, in light of recent news from the World Health Organization that isolated strains of the polio virus were found in a sampling of […]

EGYPT – Exercise a high degree of caution There is no nationwide advisory in effect for Egypt. However, you should exercise a high degree of caution due to the unpredictable security situation and continued demonstrations throughout the country. For security reasons, the Embassy of Canada in Cairo will be closed until further notice. Regional Advisory […]