Qatar hosts largest US military base in Mideast

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Qatar hosts largest US military base in Mideast


By Brad Lendon, CNN

Updated 2:00 AM ET, Tue June 6, 2017

Story highlights

    Al Udeid Air Base hosts more than 100 US aircraft
    Planes take off or land at air base every 10 minutes, 24/7, Air Force says

(CNN)As Saudi Arabia, along with a growing list of other countries, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday, it called on its allies to cease all travel and transport with its neighbor.
One of Saudi Arabia biggest allies, however, is the United States, which also happens to maintain its biggest concentration of military personnel in the Middle East at Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/middleeast/qatar-us-largest-base-in-mideast/index.html

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UPDATE 2024

Alex Marquardt
@MarquardtA
NEW: The United States has quietly reached an agreement with Qatar that extends the American military presence at the biggest base in the Middle East - al Udeid - for another 10 years, sources tell me and @NatashaBertrand
  https://cnn.com/2024/01/02/politics/us-qatar-agreement-largest-base-middle-east/index.html
4:45 PM · Jan 2, 2024


Caroline Glick
@CarolineGlick
U.S. has just made itself dependent on Qatar, Hamas's state sponsor for another decade.
5:26 PM · Jan 2, 2024