--- title: Worldwide Travel Alert: Four Times the U.S. Issued Wanrings description: The U.S. issued a worldwide travel alert Monday. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Nov 24, 2015 8:31 AM UTC  Police keep watch over passengers at Los Angeles International Airport after the U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert on Nov. 23, 2015 Police keep watch over passengers at Los Angeles International Airport after the U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert on Nov. 23, 2015 Mark Ralston—AFP/Getty Images by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Nov 24, 2015 8:31 AM UTC The U.S. State Department [issued a worldwide travel alert](http://time.com/4125302/state-department-travel-alert-isis/?xid=homepage) on Monday, warning citizens about persistent threats from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist groups. While the department [announces](http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings.html) country-specific alerts about once or twice a month, it rarely issues global notices. The last four occasions mark changes in the U.S.’s security concerns — from Osama bin Laden to lone-wolf attackers. **Dec. 19, 2014:** Man Haron Monis [stormed](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/sydney-australia-hostages.html) a Sydney café and held 17 people hostage for 16 hours. Two people and the Iranian-born attacker died in the siege, sparking [concerns](http://moscow.usembassy.gov/wta-12192014.html) that lone-wolf attacks could happen anywhere. **Aug. 2, 2013:** [Intercepted electronic communications](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/world/middleeast/qaeda-chiefs-order-to-yemen-affiliate-said-to-prompt-alert.html) prompted Washington to temporarily close diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa. The threats were said to originate from al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula, but were broad enough to warrant a [global alert](https://www.facebook.com/travelgov/posts/10151605755073149). **October 1, 2011:** The State Department [feared](http://sarajevo.usembassy.gov/alert%5F20111001.html) worldwide anti-American violence in retaliation for the [killing of senior al-Qaeda members](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/01/us-usa-travel-warning-idUSTRE7901P920111001#vFvkBRMJkGSeVIzd.97), including the group’s operations leader in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki. The American-born cleric was killed by a U.S. drone strike. **May 2, 2011:** [After Osama bin Laden’s death](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/us-obama-binladen-state-idUSTRE7410V920110502#FtJDPzPZUZFIqVy6.97) in Pakistan, the U.S. alerted its citizens about the potential for revenge attacks the world over. 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