UAE\'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday advised citizens to avoid \"non-essential travel\" to Lebanon and Syria for security issues that might jeopardize their own safety, the country\'s official news agency WAM reported. The ministry\'s undersecretary Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi said the travel advisory was issued out of concern for safety of UAE nationals. He urged citizens to \"exercise utmost caution and vigilance should they travel abroad, keep themselves updated about latest travel information at the ministry\'s website\" when they travel abroad.