Tablets and laptops, in fact, any electronics items bigger than 6.3" x 3.66" will be disallowed inside cabin baggage in some inbound flights/airlines from certain countries. similar, although, not exactly same ban is also being implemented by UK based upon the "evaluated intelligence" rationale and Canada is also considering such ban.
Man, what a hassle! Now, you have to check-in the laptops with your bags and if it breaks you might have to submit a claim.
Travel is becoming too much troublesome these days. It will definitely hit us as most of us travel via Middle East and many of the origin flights are from there.
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Mohammed V International, Casablanca, Morocco
Ataturk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
Cairo International Airport, Egypt
Queen Alia International, Amman, Jordan
King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
King Khalid International, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kuwait International Airport
Hamad International, Doha, Qatar
Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates
Dubai International, United Arab Emirates