The governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia advised their citizens against traveling to the Zamboanga region and nearby provinces because of the ongoing clashes there between government forces and armed insurgents of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

Although the degree of the travel warning against the whole country did not change, the three nations did warn its citizens against traveling to most of Mindanao, including the Sulu Archipelago and the Zamboanga Peninsula.

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