However, Jordan tried to dampen fears of a terrorist threat, saying its own assessment differed.

“The security situation in Jordan is stable,” Information Minister Ali Ayed told the state news agency.

He said there was “no threat on the national level, including Aqaba,” one of Jordan’s main tourist destinations.

“Jordan depends on its security apparatuses in evaluating the security situation on its territories,” he said. Ayed said the US warden message posted on the Internet was a “precautionary measure” to American citizens.

In its warden message, the embassy said it received “credible information” of a potential terrorist attack in the Gulf of Aqaba region. It provided no details and embassy officials declined comment.

It recommended Americans delay all nonofficial and personal travel to Aqaba for “at least the next 48 hours.” It also urged Americans living in Aqaba to avoid the downtown and port areas.

The statement, which was issued on the eve of US Secretary of State’s visit to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah, did not give further details.

On Aug. 2, at least five blasts struck around Aqaba and the neighboring Israeli port of Eliat.

One rocket exploding in open ground outside Eilat, two crashed into the sea and the rest hit Jordan, killing one person in the kingdom.

The two ports are nestled on narrow strips of coastline at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, a waterway bordered on one side by Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the other by Saudi Arabia that leads into the Red Sea.

— input from agencies