Updated Advisory Urges Canadians to Avoid All Travel to Syria, Leave If Possible

Opposition fighters celebrate as they burn down a military court in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. The Canadian Press/AP/Hussein Malla

Ottawa is urging Canadians to avoid all travel to Syria and to consider leaving the country if it’s safe to do so.

An updated travel advisory is warning people to avoid the Middle Eastern country due to what the Canadian government calls “ongoing armed conflict, terrorism, criminality, arbitrary detention, torture and forced disappearance.”