US military footprint across Middle East

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WASHINGTON: The United States has thousands of troops stationed at Middle East bases, a region in which Washington forces have carried out repeated military operations in recent decades.

Israel launched an extraordinary air campaign against Iran last week, and US President Donald Trump has said he is weighing in this weight to join Israel.

The US involvement in the conflict will likely be likely to attack US troops in the region, which was already targeted by Iran -linked forces during the Israeli war.

Below, AFP examines countries with a large number of US forces in the Middle East, which falls under the US Army’s Central Command (St. Work).

Bahrain

The younger Gulf Kingdom hosted an installation known as the Naval Support Activation Bahrain, where the fifth US Navy fleet and the US Naval Forces Central Command Headquarters.

Bahrain’s deep water port can adjust the largest US military ships, such as aircraft carriers, and the US Navy has used the base in the country since 1948, when the facility was run by the British Royal Navy.

Bahrain has its own homeport for several US ships, including four anti -mine utensils and two logistic support ships. The US Coast Guard also has ships in the country, including six fast response cutters.

Iraq

The United States has troops in various installations in Iraq, including Al -Assad and Arble Airports. The Iraqi government is a close ally of Iran, but also a strategic partner in the United Nations Arc Fuo in Tehran.

There are about 2,500 US troops in Iraq as part of an international coalition against the Islamic State. Baghdad and Washington have agreed to the timetable to gradually withdraw the alliance forces from the country.

Iranian militants repeatedly targeted US forces in Iraq and Syria after the Gaza war broke out in October 2023, but responded to heavy attacks on Tehran -affiliated targets, and they were widely reduced to attacks.

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There are several US bases in Kuwait, including Camp Sufijan, which is the site of the Forward Headquarters for the US Army’s ingredient. The US military also has the stock of the unprecedented material.

Ali al -Saleem Airbus hosts the Primary Air Lift Hub and Gateway, the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing to provide combat force to the joint and coalition forces in the region. In addition, the United States has drones, including MQ9 rappers in Kuwait.

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The Aldid Air Base in Qatar includes the Forward Components of the St. Work, as well as its air force and special operation forces in the region.

It also hosted the rotating warplanes as well as the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which includes “airlift, air refueling intelligence, surveillance, and rehabilitation, and aeromeodical evacuation assets.”

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As part of international efforts against the Islamic State Group, the United States has maintained numerous installations in Syria for many years, which has gone out of the country’s civil war to eliminate large parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq.

The Pentagon announced in April that it would reduce the number of its troops in the country in the coming months by less than 1,000.

United Arab Emirates

In the United Arab Emirates, the Al -Dahfra Air Base hosts the US 380th Air Academic Wing, a force consisting of 10 aircraft squadrons and includes drones such as MQ9 rapers.

The warplanes have wandered through Al -Shafra, which also hosts the Gulf Air Warfare Center for Air and Missile Defense Training.