Israel and the US attacks on Iran plunge the Middle East into a renewed military confrontationGeneral view of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircrafts at al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar. PHOTO: REUTERSIsrael and the United States launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation. Qatar:The 24-hectare Al Udeid Air Base, in the desert outside the capital Doha, is the forward headquarters for US Central Command, which directs US military operations in territory stretching from Egypt in the west to Kazakhstan in the east. Read: More strikes aimed at Iran after US, Israeli assault kills supreme leader KhameneiDubai's Jebel Ali Port, while not a formal military base, is the US Navy's largest port of call in the Middle East that regularly hosts US aircraft carriers and other vessels. Some are stationed roughly 60 km south of Riyadh, at Prince Sultan Air Base, which supports US Army assets including Patriot missile batteries and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems.
