State Department Warns US Citizens Against Traveling to 6 Nations

The warning follows Trump’s executive order to strengthen protections for U.S. citizens traveling abroad.

A flag flies behind an enclosure on the territory of the U.S. embassy in Moscow on March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

Americans should not travel to Afghanistan, Burma (also known as Myanmar), North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, or Russia because of the high risk of “wrongful detention” in these nations, the State Department has warned.

All six nations currently have the “Level 4: Do Not Travel” designation, it said in a Sept. 10 post. Level 4 is the most severe of the four travel advisory levels under the State Department.