Foreign Office raises terror threat on UAE

Dubai is among the individual emirates that is now deemed to be at risk from terrorist attacks

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Monday, 16, Jun 2008 07:08

The Foreign Office has raised the threat level for visitors to the United Arab Emirates stating there is a high threat from terrorism in the region.

It did not give details about why there was believed to be a more serious threat than the general one previously issued to UK nationals.

Unlike neighbour Saudi Arabia, the UAE has had no major terrorism incidents.

Expatriates make up a majority of the population of the oil-rich state, which consists of seven individual emirates, including the main ones Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is also a major tourist destination.

"High" is the most serious of four terrorism risk levels which the Foreign Office uses in its warnings, the others being "general", "underlying" and "low".