DUBAI,— The European Union Aviation Safety Agency brought back a stricter no-fly warning on Tuesday, urging airlines to keep clear of airspace over Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf of Oman as fighting between the United States and Iran flared once more.

EASA, had lifted its earlier notice only a week earlier, after regional tension eased following a short-lived truce between Tehran and Washington reached last month.

That earlier notice had told airlines to use caution flying over those countries, along with Israel, Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

The new, harder-edged warning stays in force through July 29.

On Tuesday, Iran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. air base in Jordan. American troops responded with a third consecutive night of strikes, days after Iran said Saturday it planned to shut the Strait of Hormuz.

That threat pushed U.S. President Donald Trump to restore a blockade on Iranian shipping and suggest a 20% fee to protect the vital passage.

EASA said the large U.S. military presence in the region makes it more likely that the countries named in its bulletin could face direct hits from Iranian missiles or drones.

The agency also flagged the chance that civilian aircraft could be wrongly identified as threats by American and other air-defense systems.

A separate EASA notice keeping airlines out of Iranian, Iraqi and Lebanese airspace was extended last week to run through the end of August.

Separately, Israel has pushed back its ban on flights to Dubai until the end of October, as many foreign airlines keep pausing or trimming service to the United Arab Emirates because of ongoing security worries in the region.

The extension comes as concern grows over the widening standoff between Iran and the United States, which continues to disrupt air travel across the Middle East.

Israeli airlines still cannot fly straight to Dubai. Even so, UAE carriers Flydubai and Etihad are running most of their scheduled routes, while advising travelers to check flight status before leaving for the airport, since route shifts and crowding could cause delays.

(With files from Reuters, The Jerusalem Post)

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