The US Embassy in Jordan warned its citizens against personal and official travel to cities in the south of the country, especially the cities of Karak, Tafila, Maan and Aqaba, until further notice.
And the embassy stated in a statement that this measure comes "due to reports of ongoing protests, burning tires and throwing stones at vehicles in the streets and highways, all over Jordan, especially in the south."
And she warned that "road closures and related security incidents are frequent and unpredictable, and emergency services face significant delays when responding to requests for assistance."
The embassy reminded its citizens that "even protests that are intended to be peaceful can turn into confrontation and may escalate into violence, as is always the case," as it put it.
This warning comes at a time when protests continue in a number of cities in Jordan, in conjunction with the ongoing strike carried out by truck drivers and workers in the transportation and freight sector, in protest against the continuous increase in fuel prices, and shops closed their doors for the second day in a row in the cities of Ma'an and Karak.
Neighborhoods in the capital, Amman, witnessed stands in solidarity with the strikers, despite the relative return of freight traffic in the country.
Drivers in the city of Ma'an and citizens expressed their dissatisfaction with government decisions issued recently in order to support the transportation sector in cash and to postpone bank installments instead of reducing fuel prices.
According to the statistics of the Land Transport Regulatory Authority, the number of trucks in the Kingdom is about 21 thousand trucks of all types (cargo and container transport).
And last November, the Petroleum Derivatives Pricing Committee decided for the 16th time in two years to increase diesel and gasoline prices, which was met with protests that are still continuing in a number of cities in the country.