DFA tells Filipinos to cancel travel plans to Iraq amid tensions with US

“The Department of Foreign Affairs calls on all Filipinos to cancel, until further notice, any travel to Iraq in view of the current situation in the country,” it said Friday.

The agency also advised Filipinos in Iraq to coordinate with the Philippine Embassy and their employers in case there is a need for a mandatory evacuation. The DFA said the crisis alert level for all areas in Iraq is currently in Alert Level 3 or voluntary repatriation, except in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region which is still under Level 1 or the precautionary phase. There is also an existing ban on deployment of new workers and household workers to Iraq, it added.

There are currently 1,190 documented and 530 undocumented Filipinos in Iraq, according to DFA which cited the Embassy's latest figures. More than half are in the Kurdistan region while 847 are in the Baghdad area. Most of those in Baghdad are working with US and other foreign facilities, while others are in regular commercial establishments, particularly in Erbil.

This development comes after a US drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at the Baghdad airport. Trump’s administration blames Soleimani for the killing of hundreds of Americans in several attacks in recent months. After news of Soleimani’s death surfaced, Trump tweeted that the Iranian official"should have been taken out many years ago.

realDonaldTrump Garu, your strikes on Iran it is reliable and answerable; we had welcomed your strikes

Wherever US goes there's war.

Good idea Philippines. While the UK is acting like a deer frozen by headlight's, the Philippine's is on it.

Hahahha this is it pansit. Kakasaw saw ng US. They have aggravated an already dwindling relationship with these aggressive mideastern countries.

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