Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, And Kuwait Refused U.S. To Use Their Airbases Against Iran

Five out of the six GCC countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait have declared their neutrality towards the ongoing conflict between Iran with Israel. In showing solidarity towards not going into the regional conflict the GCC nations have declared to not allow the U.S. to use their airbases against Iran.

The USA has used the military airbases located in West Asia on numerous occasions to wage wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

In the recent ongoing regional crisis in West Asia which can extend to a larger scale, the US has shown an unconditional solidarity with Israel against Iran. On October 1, Iran launched an attack on Israel with over 180 ballistic missiles. On one hand, where the USA has shown full support to Israel, other countries are asking to observe some restraint.

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Here is a brief list of some of the more notable of US military facilities in the Middle East:

• Turkiye – Izmir Air Base, Incirlik Air Base. These facilities allow the US to maintain fighter and refueling aircraft in the region; Incirlik Air Base also houses a number of US tactical nuclear weapons.
• Saudi Arabia – Prince Sultan Air Base. Over 2,000 US military personnel are stationed in Saudi Arabia to provide air defense in the country and maintain US warplanes.
• UAE – Al Dhafra Air Base, allows the US warplanes to conduct combat and reconnaissance missions as well as to deploy tanker planes for midair refueling.
• Bahrain – Naval Support Activity Bahrain, the base of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
• Qatar – Al Udeid Air Base, serves as forward headquarters of the US Central Command and headquarters of the US Air Forces Central Command.
• Jordan – Tower 22, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Joint Training Center Jordan. Over 3,000 US military personnel are deployed ostensibly to combat terrorist threats in the region, though their presence near the border with Syria gives rise to speculations about possible cross-border operations.
• Iraq – the US continues to occupy and operate a number of bases, such as the Al Asad Airbase and Al Harir Airbase despite efforts by the Iraqi government to evict the US Armed Forces from Iraqi soil.

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• Syria – Al-Tanf, about 900 US military personnel are deployed in Syria under the pretext of combating terrorist threat in the country, though 45th US President Donald Trump did openly admit that Washington’s real target was Syrian oil.
• Egypt – Task Force Sinai, a regiment-sized US military contingent maintained in the Sinai Peninsula under the pretext of peacekeeping operations.
• Israel – Site 512, a radar base supposedly used by the US to track ballistic missile threats.
• Kuwait – Camp Arifjan, Camp Buehring, Camp Spearhead, Camp Patriot.
• Oman – Thumrait Air Base, helps US facilitate logistical and refueling operations.