As of mid-2025, there are about 40,000 to 50,000 US troops in the Middle East, comprising personnel stationed in both large, permanent bases and smaller forward sites across the region.

These include bases and military sites in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates - all of which may be at risk of Iranian retaliation with short-range weapons.

The dispute stems from UN Security Council Resolution 833 (1993), which demarcated Iraq-Kuwait land and partial maritime ...

US officials blamed the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, for the attack. French military bases in the Middle East ...

The meeting, which is scheduled for late August, is just the latest effort stretching back to 2019 on the part of Iraq’s leadership to be a constructive force in the Middle East.

Maha El Dahan Thomson Reuters Maha has been working as a Reuters journalist for over 15 years covering stories across the Middle East from Egypt, the Gulf, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.