Airlines from countries affected by the new electronics ban said they would comply after the US on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Dubai-based Emirates Airlines said the US directive would come into effect on Saturday (March 25). Meanwhile, the Amman-based Royal Jordanian Airlines also announced to implement the instructions as of Friday (March 24) in a statement posted on its official website.

On Tuesday, Turkish Airlines informed their passengers on its website that “any electronic or electrical devices larger than a cell phone or smart phone (except medical devices) must not be transported on board in our flights arriving to the US destinations.”

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and intelligence community partners issued rules on Tuesday that bans passengers on flights to the US from carrying electronic and electrical devices in the aircraft cabin. 

The directive requires that all personal electronic devices larger than a cell phone or smart phone should be placed in checked baggage, according to a fact sheet posted on DHS’s official website.

The DHS said that the potential terror threat to commercial aviation and transportation hubs had been a huge concern for the US government over the past two years. The department also cited a series of attacks targeting flights and airports, including the downing of a Russian airliner in 2015 that led to the death of 224 people. 

Britain issued a similar electronics ban hours after US 's announcement. Passengers on 14 carriers would not be allowed to carry laptops in cabin luggage on inbound direct flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, according to a report by BBC.‍