“Filipinos in Iraq are strongly advised to coordinate closely with the Philippine Embassy and their employers in the event mandatory evacuation will be necessary,” a statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
“The crisis alert level for all areas in Iraq is Alert Level 3 except for the Iraqi Kurdistan region which remains under Alert Level 1 . There is also an existing deployment ban of new workers,” it said. This information came hours after the United States launched an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport that killed Qasem Soleimani, a senior Iranian military commander who led the Quds Force of the Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
DFAPHL Please clarify if travel ban includes Kurdistan? This region is safe to travel since it became an autonomous region of Iraq.