The State Department yesterday issued a global travel alert covering Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and warning of potential terror attacks.

The department cautioned US citizens around the world to “maintain a high level of vigilance”. It warned al-Qaeda and other groups could be planning attacks against US interests. The broad warning cautions militants could strike at sporting events, offices, hotels, and many other places.These attacks may include suicide operations, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings, the state department warned.

The warning cites credible information to the effect that terror groups “seek to continue attacks against U.S. interests in the Middle East and North Africa,” and reviews attacks launched by both Sunni jihadists and the Iran-backed Shiite terror group Hezbollah. The warning follows another from earlier this summer, based in part on intelligence gathered from an intercepted Al Qaeda conference, that also saw the closure of U.S. embassies across several continents. It comes less than a week after at least 67 people were killed in a days-long siege at an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab terror group was reportedly behind that attack.

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