Kuwait has banned nationals from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan from entering the country, according to immigration sources quoted by Kuwaiti media. The ban includes suspending all tourism, visit and trade visas as well as visas sponsored by spouses. They attributed the ban to the "difficult security conditions in the five countries" and to "the remarkably increasing tendency of nationals from the five countries to apply for visas to bring in relatives who faced or could face arrest by the local authorities to Kuwait".