ENTERING ISRAEL’S CONFLICT US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening speaks from the East Room of the White Home, as seen on a TV monitor within the James Brady Press Briefing Room, after the US navy struck three nuclear services in Iran. —AP
WASHINGTON, United States — Iran on Sunday threatened navy bases utilized by US forces to launch assaults on the nation’s nuclear websites, saying such services could be thought-about reliable targets.
The USA has hundreds of troops deployed on bases throughout the Center East.
Beneath, AFP examines nations with main concentrations of US forces within the Center East, which falls beneath the US navy’s Central Command (CENTCOM).
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Bahrain
The tiny Gulf kingdom hosts an set up often known as Naval Assist Exercise Bahrain, the place the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet and US Naval Forces Central Command headquarters are primarily based.
Bahrain’s deep-water port can accommodate the most important US navy vessels, reminiscent of plane carriers, and the US Navy has used the bottom within the nation since 1948, when the ability was operated by Britain’s Royal Navy.
A number of US ships have their house port in Bahrain, together with 4 anti-mine vessels and two logistical assist ships. The US Coast Guard additionally has vessels within the nation, together with six quick response cutters.
Iraq
The USA has troops at varied installations in Iraq, together with Al-Asad and Arbil air bases. The Iraqi authorities is a detailed ally of Iran, but in addition a strategic companion of Tehran’s arch-foe the USA.
There are some 2,500 US troops in Iraq as a part of the worldwide coalition towards the Islamic State jihadist group. Baghdad and Washington have agreed on a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of the coalition’s forces from the nation.
US forces in Iraq and Syria had been repeatedly focused by pro-Iran militants following the outbreak of the Gaza warfare in October 2023, however responded with heavy strikes on Tehran-linked targets, and the assaults largely subsided.
Kuwait
Kuwait has a number of US bases, together with Camp Arifjan, the situation of the ahead headquarters for the US Military element of CENTCOM. The US Military additionally has shares of prepositioned materiel within the nation.
Ali al-Salem Air Base hosts the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, which the navy describes because the “main airlift hub and gateway for delivering fight energy to joint and coalition forces” within the area. Moreover, the USA has drones together with MQ-9 Reapers in Kuwait.
Qatar
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar consists of the ahead elements of CENTCOM, in addition to of its air forces and particular operation forces within the area.
It additionally hosts rotating fight plane, in addition to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which the navy says consists of “airlift, aerial refueling intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and aeromedical evacuation property.”
Syria
The USA has for years maintained troop presences at a sequence of installations in Syria as a part of worldwide efforts towards the Islamic State group, which rose in another country’s civil warfare to overrun giant components of Syria and neighboring Iraq.
The Pentagon introduced in April that it could roughly halve the variety of its forces within the nation to lower than 1,000 within the coming months as a part of a “consolidation” of US troops within the nation.
United Arab Emirates
Al Dhafra Air Base within the UAE hosts the US 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, a power that’s composed of 10 squadrons of plane and likewise consists of drones reminiscent of MQ-9 Reapers.
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Fight plane have rotated by Al Dhafra, which additionally hosts the Gulf Air Warfare Middle for air and missile protection coaching.
