Canada Urges Citizens to Leave UAE Amid Regional Tensions

Ottawa. Canada has urged its citizens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to leave the country as soon as possible. This warning comes amid ongoing Iranian attacks in the Gulf region countries.

Canada stated via the social media platform X, 'Leave the United Arab Emirates as soon as you can secure alternative flight options. The airspace may be temporarily and partially closed from time to time.'

Meanwhile, Australia also upgraded its travel advisory for the UAE on Tuesday to the level of 'Do Not Travel'. These announcements by Western countries followed a warning from the US State Department. The department had called on American citizens to 'depart immediately' from various Middle Eastern countries.

The top official for consular affairs urged people to leave using available commercial flights from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen via social media. In this context, US President Donald Trump told CNN that a large wave of US attacks against Iran is yet to come.