News about Iran • US

The U.S. military base in Erbil, Iraq, remains like so many American bases across the region, on high alert. Not far from the border with Iran, it is one of the closest installations to the Islamic Republic and would likely be a target should Iran decide to retaliate against the U.S.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles defined the Middle East as "the area lying between and including Libya on the west and Pakistan on the east, Syria and Iraq on the North and the Arabian peninsula to the south, plus the Sudan and Ethiopia." In 1958, the State Department explained that the terms "Near East" and " ...

Al Udeid is the largest US military base in the Middle East, housing approximately 10,000 US troops. The 24-hectare (60-acre) base, located in the desert southwest of Doha, was set up in 1996.