President Donald J. Trump’s trip to the Middle East on May 13-16 comes on the heels of more than three months of whirlwind activity in US foreign policy where the region has been a higher priority than it was in the early months of the previous US administration.

A Newsweek map shows where Americans have been warned against traveling in the Middle East and Asia as tensions with Iran continue to escalate amid the repeated delay of nuclear negotiations with the United States.

“The United States will ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, but also wishes for lasting peace in the Middle East, a new relationship with Iran, and for the Iranian people to reach ...