The United States on Saturday warned that Americans and foreigners could be targeted by kidnappers or attackers in Azerbaijan, where a conflict is roiling the separatist province of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"The US Embassy in Baku has received credible reports of potential terrorist attacks and kidnappings against US citizens and foreign nationals in Baku," the diplomatic mission said on its website in a message shared by the State Department on Twitter.
"US citizens are advised to exercise heightened caution in locations where Americans or foreigners may gather," including major hotels in the capital, the embassy added, without further details on the origin of the threats.
The warning comes in the wake of a similar message in
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire..., where US diplomats have reported "credible" threats of attacks or kidnappings targeting Americans in Istanbul or other localities.
It was not clear if the warnings were linked.