Further to my SMS message yesterday evening, the FCO travel advice is being changed to reflect an incident when three French nationals were shot dead And another critically injured in the vicinity of Medina on 26 February 2007.

 

Caution should be exercised when travelling outside urban areas.

 

You can read the FCO travel advice in full on the FCO's website  www.fco.gov.uk/travel and then selecting Saudi Arabia,  or on the Embassy website www.britishembassy.gov.uk/saudiarabia via the shortcut menu.  Both these websites can be personalised so that you are notified when items of interest to you are changed.

 

Brian Hefford
HM Consul