The US State Department has issued a worldwide travel warning for Americans living and travelling abroad, telling them on Saturday to exercise 'increased caution' amid rising threats to US diplomatic facilities after two US troops were killed in Jordan in what officials described as an Iranian attack.
For context, the fresh alert marks a clear escalation of Washington's concern over the security environment in the Middle East and beyond. The Security Alert, published by the State Department, follows weeks of mounting tension and tit-for-tat military activity, but the deaths of the two service members, announced on Friday, have sharpened fears that US interests could now be targeted more widely.
