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Vox
April 18, 2018
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to remove US troops from Syria. But his administration's latest plan for how to do that is unlikely to materialize — and would be dangerous if it did. Here's the idea, as reported by the Wall Street Journal: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,Ãâà...
Yeni Şafak English
April 17, 2018
The U.S. has around 54,000 soldiers in 12 Middle Eastern countries and has military bases in seven of them, according to a BBC Arabic report, which cites Pentagon data. ... In Kuwait, an estimated more than 10,000 U.S. soldiers are at Camp Doha Army Base. ... In Qatar, Turkey has a military base.
Telegraph.co.uk
April 15, 2018
The three bases targeted were the Barzah Research and Development Centre in greater Damascus, the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Storage Facility, west of Homs, and the Him Shinshar ... Earlier this month, the US Air Force released footage of two B-1Bs arriving at the Al Uldeid air base in Qatar.
CNN
April 15, 2018
That means the B-1s would not have needed to expose themselves to Syrian air defenses to make their strikes. The defense sources did not say from where the B-1s flew, but Air Force media earlier this month showed the bombers arriving at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, on the Arabian peninsula.
KEVN Black Hills Fox
April 15, 2018
(KEVN) - The B-1 bomber's return to the Mideast was timely as several participated in the U.S. led attack on Syria Saturday morning. ... Two Ellsworth Air Force Base B-1s and crews had recently redeployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar after a critical upgrade in the bomber's warfighting capabilities.
Egypttoday
April 15, 2018
Al-Udeid Air Base is a military base southwest of Doha, Qatar, that houses the Qatari Air Force, the U.S. Air Force, the Royal Air Force, and other Gulf War Coalition personnel and ... The military targets included the Syrian army's Republican Guard, Mezzeh Military Airport and the fourth military division.
Aljazeera.com
April 9, 2018
... Qatari ambassador to the United States, said the two leaders would also discuss the expansion of the US base in Qatar. Al Udeid US airbase - home of the US Air Force Central Command - currently houses some 10,000 US military personnel, serving as the largest overseas US military base in the ArabÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 3, 2018
According to Military.com, the bombers will primarily support Operation Inherent Resolve, the anti-Daesh mission in Syria and Iraq, as well as Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the nickname for US operations in Afghanistan. In 2016, US Air Force Col. Gentry Boswell, the commander at Ellsworth AFB at theÃâà...
TRT World
March 30, 2018
Reports about the US army closing two air bases which are crucial for its operations in the region, Incirlik military air base in Turkey and Al Udeid military air base in Qatar, were ... The military base is home to United State Air Force Central Command (USAFCC) and United States Central Command (USCC).
Al-Arabiya
March 18, 2018
In addition, 60,000 Turkish soldiers will be deployed across four military bases abroad in accordance with a new 2022 military plan set by the Turkish ... In the meantime, American military experts do believe that the US could have already begun to abandon Qatar, close the Air Force base, and startedÃâà...
The American Conservative
March 16, 2018
Qatar, which sits on a tiny peninsula on the Persian Gulf, was abruptly cut off economically and diplomatically by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab .... its longstanding military ties (Qatar is home to the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, the Al-Udeid Air Base, housing some 11,000 AmericanÃâà...
Air Force Link
March 15, 2018
Bradley Saltzman on the Deliberate Targeting Tool at the Combined Air Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 9, 2018. The deliberate targeting tool is one of the many warfighting innovations discussed during Air Forces Central Command's second annual innovation summit. (U.S. Air ForceÃâà...
Haaretz
March 15, 2018
He said on a number of occasions that the United States was “concerned” because of the crisis, and that the dispute between the Arab states was “bad” for American interests. Qatar is home to the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East and has significant business investments in the United States.
Middle East Monitor
March 14, 2018
Qatar has signed an agreement with Turkey to establish a naval base, Khaleej Online reported today. The agreement came during the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) 2018, which ends today, which was attended by international investors from the US, Europe andÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 13, 2018
Dubai: The US Congress is looking into calls to relocate America's Al Udeid military base from Qatar to another country. Pan-Arab newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat reported the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives is looking at four alternatives that could become the military headquartersÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 8, 2018
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $197 million sale of equipment to upgrade the Qatar Emiri Air Force's air operations center, the ... a very high level," however, the U.S. military relies on Qatar for its biggest base in the region and American diplomats have sought to reconcile the parties.
Aljazeera.com
March 8, 2018
Qatar and the United States have agreed to a $197m sale in upgrades and other equipment for the Gulf nation's air force. The deal ... The US stations about 10,000 military personnel at a large base in Qatar that serves as the Air Force's Central Command headquarters for US operations in the Middle East.
Military Times
March 7, 2018
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers will seek “balance” between the U.S. Air Force's multibillion-dollar program to replace its aging E-8C Joint Surveillance Target ... At the McAleese and Associates/Credit Suisse defense conference in Washington, Turner recalled how the Uber analogy was used at an Air ForceÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
March 7, 2018
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers will seek “balance” between the U.S. Air Force's multibillion-dollar program to replace its aging E-8C Joint Surveillance Target ... At the McAleese and Associates/Credit Suisse defense conference in Washington, Turner recalled how the Uber analogy was used at an Air ForceÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
He said the dispute with Qatar could be long-lasting, comparing it to the U.S. embargo of Cuba imposed 60 years ago, but played down its impact, ... June, suspending air and shipping routes with the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, which is home to the region's biggest U.S. military base.
The Electronic Intifada
March 6, 2018
In hacked emails last year the Emirati ambassador in Washington encouraged the foundation to push for moving a US military base from Qatar to his own country. The film will also reportedly show undercover footage of a junior Israel lobbyist boasting of how close Israel's ties are with the United ArabÃâà...
Newsweek
March 5, 2018
Weeks later, Jared Kushner and the Trump administration stood behind the blockade that shifted alliances in the region, with Qatar—which holds the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East—moving closer to Iran and Turkey. Kushner Cos. spokeswoman Chris Taylor, in an email to Newsweek onÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 28, 2018
Roughly 11,000 U.S. military personnel -- mostly from the U.S. Air Force -- are currently stationed at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase, which is located some 30 kilometers southwest of Doha. Used to fly sorties into Iraq and Syria, Al-Udeid is regarded as the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. In a relatedÃâà...
Stuff.co.nz
February 16, 2018
The US-led bombing campaign is facing criticism for killing Iraqi civilians at a much higher rate than the coalition has acknowledged. A Stuff investigation has confirmed New Zealand Defence Force teams have been stationed at the Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC) at Qatar's Al Udeid airbase since atÃâà...
Arab News
February 10, 2018
A picture taken in the northern Israeli Kibbutz of Harduf on February 10, 2018, shows the remains of an Israel F-16 that crashed after coming under fire by Syrian air defenses during attacks against “Iranian targets” in the war-torn country. (AFP)Ãâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
December 31, 1999
The US Congress is studying the possibility of moving its al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar to another country, revealed legislative sources to Asharq Al-Awsat. ... All of these four locations had at one point in the past been used for military purposes, such as the Gulf War, war in Afghanistan and war against ISIS inÃâà...
The New Arab
December 31, 1999
The US President warned a planned six-country Gulf Cooperation Council summit will only take place in Camp David if the Qatar blockade is lifted and ... Qatar plans to expand the major military base used by US forces to make it more comfortable for Americans, as the tiny gas-rich nation seeks to hedgeÃâà...
