{"id":2545,"date":"2013-03-08T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2020-10-08T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:26:40","slug":"march-2013-travel-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/march-2013-travel-warning.html","title":{"rendered":"March 2013 Travel Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shutterstock_128463659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2548 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shutterstock_128463659-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_128463659\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shutterstock_128463659-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shutterstock_128463659.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>With Spring break just around the corner, many students will be planning trips to fill their time away from class. If you are one of many international students that plans on taking a journey, make sure you are aware of the March 2013 travel warnings listed by the U.S. Department of State and avoid travel to countries during their period of risk when necessary.\u00a0Below are the travel warnings issued within the month of February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Warning in Iraq- Issued February 25, 2013:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis travel warning is to replace the warning issued August 9, 2012 and to remind individuals that travel to Iraq remains dangerous. Ongoing threats in Iraq include kidnapping and terrorist violence. Additionally, the ability for the embassy to respond to U.S. citizens facing difficulty within Iraq is very limited. U.S. citizens can reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usembassy.gov\/iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Embassy in Iraq<\/a> during an emergency by calling 0770-443-1286.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Warning in Algeria- Issued February 19, 2013:<\/strong><br \/>\nA travel warning\u00a0for Algeria still remains in effect; this replaces the warning dated January 19, 2013. Individuals in Algeria need to evaluate their situation and any risks involved to their personal safety. Although major cities are policed, there is still a high level of terrorism including kidnapping, bombings, false roadblocks and ambushes in areas east and south of Algiers. Additionally, the Department of State lifted the authorized departure status for U.S. Embassy personnel and their dependents on\u00a0February 18, 2013. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embassy-worldwide.com\/embassy\/embassy-of-united-states-in-algiers-algeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Embassy in Algeria<\/a> is located at 5 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El-Ibrahimi, in the El Biar district of Algiers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the March 2013 Travel Warnings and past warnings around the world visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/travel\/cis_pa_tw\/tw\/tw_1764.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of State.<\/a> Individuals travelling\u00a0around the world\u00a0are urged to enroll in the <a href=\"https:\/\/step.state.gov\/step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;search_tracking_id=9A3171EC-8779-11E2-8589-AE8B71D9A14D&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=caution&amp;search_group=&amp;orient=&amp;search_cat=&amp;searchtermx=&amp;photographer_name=&amp;people_gender=&amp;people_age=&amp;people_ethnicity=&amp;people_number=&amp;commercial_ok=&amp;color=&amp;show_color_wheel=1#id=128463659&amp;src=A0247CF2-8779-11E2-8575-EC4E1472E43D-7-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Yellow Diamond Shaped Road Sign<\/a> photo courtesy of Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Spring break just around the corner, many students will be planning trips to fill their time away from class. If you are one of many international students that plans on taking a journey, make sure you are aware of the March 2013 travel warnings listed by the U.S. Department of State and avoid travel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[931],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-warnings","tag-march-2013-travel-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7159,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions\/7159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}