New Delhi:
India today asked its citizens to avoid all "non-essential" travel to Syria after incidents of two Indians being killed in a bomb explosion on the Syria-Iraq border.
"In view of the situation prevailing in Syria, Indian nationals are again advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Syria for the present," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
It said that a tragic incident reportedly involving death of two Indians on the Syria-Iraq border has come to the attention of the government.
Reports had it that a seven-year-old girl from Nagpur and a man from Pune were among those killed in an explosion on the Syria-Iraq border on Sunday evening.
The victims were among a group of Indian pilgrims travelling to the holy city of Karbala in central Iraq.
"In view of the situation prevailing in Syria, Indian nationals are again advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Syria for the present," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
It said that a tragic incident reportedly involving death of two Indians on the Syria-Iraq border has come to the attention of the government.
Reports had it that a seven-year-old girl from Nagpur and a man from Pune were among those killed in an explosion on the Syria-Iraq border on Sunday evening.
The victims were among a group of Indian pilgrims travelling to the holy city of Karbala in central Iraq.
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