Overview
- The State Department published the advisory on June 5, 2026, covering 14 countries and territories and keeping differentiated warnings based on assessed risk.
- Nine places — Bahrain, Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — remain at Level 3, which urges travelers to reconsider travel.
- Six areas — Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and Yemen — remain at Level 4, the department’s highest warning that advises U.S. citizens not to travel there.
- Regional U.S. embassies, including the American embassy in Iraq, warned the security environment can change quickly and urged U.S. citizens to know shelter locations and monitor local alerts.
- The advisory follows recent exchanges of strikes and a reported Wednesday drone attack at Kuwait International Airport that sources say killed one foreign national and injured dozens, and U.S. leaders have publicly expressed cautious optimism about a broader diplomatic outcome.