Iran would threatened on Sunday military bases used by US forces to launch attacks on the country’s nuclear sites, saying that such facilities would be considered legitimate objectives.
The United States has thousands of troops deployed in bases throughout the Middle East.
AFP then examines countries with important concentrations of US forces in the Middle East, which falls under the central command of the United States military (Centcom).
– Bahrain –
The small kingdom of the Gulf houses an installation known as Naval Bahrein support activity, where the fifth fleet of the United States Navy and the headquarters of the Central Command of the US Naval Forces are based.
The deep water port of Bahrain can house the largest American military ships, such as the aircraft carriers, and the US Navy. UU. It has used the base in the country since 1948, when the installation was operated by the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
Several US ships have their origin port in Bahrein, including four anti-minimum ships and two logistics support ships. The United States Coast Guard also has boats in the country, including six quick response cutters.
– Iraq –
The United States has troops in several facilities in Iraq, including the air bases of Al-Asad and Arbil. The Iraqi government is a nearby ally of Iran, but also a strategic partner of the Archienfoe of Tehran in the United States.
There are about 2,500 US troops in Iraq as part of the International Coalition against the Yihadist Group of the Islamic State. Baghdad and Washington have agreed a calendar for the gradual withdrawal of the country’s coalition forces.
The US forces in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly attacked by militants Pro-Iran after the outbreak of the Gaza War in October 2023, but responded with strong strikes in the targets of Teheran-Link, and the attacks decreased largely.
– Kuwait –
Kuwait has several US bases. UU., Including Camp Arifjan, the location of the front headquarters for the US Army component. UU. O Centcom. The US Army. UU. It also has pre -controlled material actions in the country.
The Ali Al-Salem Air Base houses the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, which the military describes as the “Primary Air Bridge and Linking Center to deliver the power to combat the joint and coalition forces” in the region. In addition, the United States has drones, including MQ-9 reapers in Kuwait.
– Qatar –
The Udeid Air Base in Qatar includes the CENTCom front components, as well as its special air forces and operating forces in the region.
It also houses rotating combat planes, as well as the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which according to the military includes “advance assets, air intelligence of air fuel, surveillance and recognition, and aeromedical evacuation assets”.
– Syria –
The United States has maintained for years the presence of troops in a series of facilities in Syria as part of the international efforts against the Islamic State Group, which came out of the country’s civil war to invade large parts of Syria and neighbor Iraq.
The Pentagon announced in April that approximately half the number of its forces in the country to less than 1,000 in the coming months as part of a “consolidation” or US troops in the country.
– United Arab Emirates –
The Al Dhafra Air Base in the EAU houses the 380º Wing Wing of the US Air Expeditionary, a force composed of 10 aircraft squads and also includes drones such as the MQ-9 reapers.
Combat aircraft have revolved through Al Dhafra, who also houses the Gulf War Center for Air and Missile Defense Training.
