{"id":809458,"date":"2026-07-18T05:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809458\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T05:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:49:38","slug":"canada-raises-travel-advisories-for-uae-jordan-as-tensions-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809458\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada raises travel advisories for UAE & Jordan as tensions escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian government is advising citizens to “avoid non-essential travel” to five Middle Eastern countries as renewed conflict between the United States and Iran fuels security concerns across the region.<\/p>\n

Effective immediately, Global Affairs Canada has, collectively, placed Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, Oman\u00a0and Saudi Arabia\u00a0under Orange (Level 3) advisories due to what it describes as a \u201cvolatile security situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The change comes roughly three weeks after Ottawa eased its advisories for Jordan and the UAE as regional tensions appeared to subside.<\/p>\n

As previously reported<\/a> on June 26, Global Affairs Canada lowered both countries to Yellow (Level 2), advising Canadians to exercise a high degree of caution.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the war, Jordan had been placed under an Orange advisory, while the UAE\u2019s warning had been raised as high as Red (Level 4), advising against all travel.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

However, the advisories were heightened again Friday night (July 17) amid a renewed escalation in the conflict between the United States and Iran, primarily centred on control of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military said Friday that it had conducted a seventh consecutive night of strikes against Iran since President Donald Trump\u00a0declared that a temporary ceasefire agreement was \u201cover,\u201d reports the BBC.<\/a><\/p>\n

The latest hostilities have once again raised concerns about security, commercial shipping and air travel throughout the region.<\/p>\n

Advisories could disrupt return plans<\/p>\n

Canada now advises travellers to avoid non-essential travel to the UAE<\/a> due to regional volatility.<\/p>\n

\"(Global<\/p>\n

The same overall risk level applies to Jordan<\/a>, although Canadians are advised to avoid all travel within five kilometres of the country\u2019s borders with Iraq and Syria, except for the tourist site of Umm Qais.<\/p>\n

The heightened advisory for Jordan could affect the operations of tour operators such as G Adventures, Intrepid Travel\u00a0and Exodus Adventure Travels, which, in recent weeks, had all announced<\/a> plans to return to the ancient destination.<\/p>\n

As of early Saturday morning (July 18), the tour operators had not posted updates indicating whether the latest Canadian advisory would affect their upcoming departures.<\/p>\n

PAX will provide updates as they become available.<\/p>\n

Emirates currently connects Canada and Dubai, in the UAE, with daily flights from Toronto and Montreal.<\/p>\n

Air Canada, meanwhile, recently extended the suspension\u00a0<\/a>of its Dubai (and Tel Aviv) flights until October 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

Don’t miss a single travel story: subscribe to PAX\u00a0<\/a>today! \u00a0Click here<\/a> to follow PAX on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian government is advising citizens to “avoid non-essential travel” to five Middle Eastern countries as renewed conflict…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-809458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}