On June 13, Israel attacked nuclear and military goals in Iran, claiming that it was one step away from building nuclear weapons. Tehran replied with an attack of rockets and drones for purposes in Israel. The US President issued an order from Saturday to Sunday to destroy Iranian Uranus enrichment plants in Ford, Natanz and Isfahanie. 14 bombs that destroy bunkers and 30 maneuvering missiles were used for attacks. A day later, Iran attacked the base of the US troops Al Ugid in Qatar. Qatar authorities announced that all rockets were intercepted and and no one suffered.
Qatar is not the only state in the Middle East, where Americans are stationed. They have many such bases.
Americans in the Middle East
In total, the United States has Military facilities in at least nineteen places. Eight of them – in countries such as Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates – are considered permanent. The US Army also uses large bases in Djibuti and Turkey.
The first arrangement of American soldiers in the Middle East took place in July 1958, when the military were sent to Beirut during the Library crisis. At the peak moment in Lebanon there were almost 15,000 Marine and army infantry soldiers. During the surgery in 2007, there were as many as 160,000 in Iraq. American soldiers, in 2011 in Afghanistan 100,000 From mid -2025, around 40,000 have been in the Middle East. American soldiers, including staff stationed in both large, regular bases and smaller bases.
In 2024, US soldiers in this country were about two thousand. In cooperation with Saudi authorities, they provide the ability to defend air and missile and support American military aircraft operations.
Naval Support Activity is the seat of the Central Command of the United States and the 5th Naval Fleet, whose area of responsibility includes the Persian Bay, the Red Sea, the Arab Sea and part of the Indian Ocean. The port located in Manama can support the largest American ships, including aircraft carriers. There are four anti -mine ships, two logistics support ships and several US Coast Guard ships. 9,000 are stationed in the database. soldiers.
The United States does not have any major combat bases in Egypt, but there are many smaller military facilities in the country.
Naval Medical Research Unit Three is based in Cairo, conducting research on infectious and preventing diseases, as well as conducting the largest foreign laboratory of the Defense Department.
The United States has a number of military bases in Iraq, including two airports-Al-Harir and Al-Amin-and dozens of camps and posts. These bases have been repeatedly a target of the attacks of pro-Vyan groups of fighters after Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip in October 2023. During the peak period of the American occupation of the country in 2003-2011, 170,000 were reportedly stationed in bases throughout the country. American soldiers.
The Ain Al-Assad air base located in the desert is the most important US base in Iraq. This is where the Iraqi armed forces training takes place and is used to combat the Islamic State. About a thousand American military people stay there. In 2020, this place was fired by Iran as a retaliation for the US killing Iranian General Kasem Sulejmani. Over a hundred American soldiers were injured.
Located in the Kurdistan semi -automatic region in Northern Iraq, the Erbil air base is used by the US forces for air surgery, especially in Northern Iraq and Syria, where branches advise Kurdish and Iraqi forces.
The Muwaffa Salti air base is located about 100 km north-east of the capital of Amman. Missions are carried out from the entire Lewant (the area located on the eastern part of the Mediterranean).
Air base Al Ugid (located about 30 km from Doha) is the largest American military base in the Middle East. Established in 1996, it covers an area of 24 hectares and holds almost 100 aircraft, as well as drones. This base, in which about 10,000 are stationed soldiers, serves as the extended headquarters of the US Central Command (Cencom) and plays a key role in operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
Camp Arifjan is the main base of the American army located about 55 km southeast of the city of Kuwait. Built in 1999, it serves as the main logistics, supply and command node for American military operations in the Middle East.
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The Al-Dhafra air base is focused on recognizing, collecting intelligence and supporting air operations. The base supports advanced aircraft such as F-22 Raptor fighters and various observation aircraft, including drones and Awacs.
Port Jebel Ali in Dubai, although not a formal military base, is the largest US Navy port in the Middle East, which regularly guests American ships and aircraft carriers.
