LONDON (Sputnik) – The UK Foreign Office advised British citizens against all travel to Iraq, and against all but essential travel to Iran, the office said in a statement on Saturday, specifying that new measures were introduced following the killing of the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani.
UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab said that the main priority for this decision was the safety of British people, according to the statement.
The Canadian government also previously updated its travel advisory for Iraq and urged all citizens to leave the country.
In the earlier hours of Friday, Soleimani was killed by a US drone attack near the Baghdad International Airport. US President Donald Trump said Washington took preemptive action against Soleimani to “stop a war.” Nonetheless, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that a “harsh retaliation is waiting” for the United States.
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