The Foreign Office updated its Jordan travel advice on 10 September to add information about Iranian missile activity affecting the country. The advice states that since 8 July there have been strikes and retaliatory attacks by Iran in a number of locations across the region, including Jordan, against US military and civilian infrastructure. Iran has stated its intention to target locations associated with the US and Israel, including organisations, businesses, facilities and institutions.
The advice singles out the south of the country. In early September, renewed attacks and interceptions occurred in and around Aqaba. Aqaba is Jordan's only seaport and its main Red Sea gateway, and it sits close to the borders with Israel and Saudi Arabia. Interceptions overhead carry a risk of falling debris and short-notice airspace and port disruption.
FCDO advises against all travel to within 3km of the border with Syria. The rest of the country, including Amman and the main tourist sites, is not under a blanket warning, but the position is changing week to week.
For operators: treat any Jordan movement as taking place inside a live regional missile-exchange corridor. Build interception debris, ground stops and closed airspace into travel plans, work to the current FCDO position rather than a booking made earlier in the summer, and hold a route that does not depend on Aqaba if the south closes at short notice.
