Germany advises against travel to Bahrain and Kuwait after Iran strikes

Germany's Foreign Office on Friday, June 5, 2026, issued travel advisories strongly discouraging travel to Bahrain and Kuwait, citing a highly volatile regional security situation following Iranian strikes on military and civilian targets.

The Foreign Office said the regional security situation remains "highly volatile" and "strongly" advised against travel to Bahrain. The advisory noted: "A further escalation of the security situation in the region, including significant restrictions on air traffic, cannot be ruled out." Travel to Kuwait was discouraged due to airstrikes from Iran.

"Since the announcement of the ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran on April 8, 2026, there have been repeated isolated attacks on military and civilian targets in the region, which cannot be ruled out in the future," the Foreign Office said in both advisories. It added that a resurgence of armed conflict in the region, along with a deterioration of the security situation in Bahrain and Kuwait and restrictions on air traffic, cannot be ruled out.

The warnings follow an announcement Wednesday by Iran's Revolutionary Guard that it targeted a US base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, reportedly in retaliation for a US strike on an Iranian communications tower. The same day, one person was killed and more than 60 were injured in a strike on Kuwait's international airport, local officials said. The attacks prompted Kuwait to declare two Iranian diplomats "persona non grata."