The United States maintains a vast military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships throughout the region's waters, and fears have been heightened after an ...

A US Navy officer examines the scene of an explosion near the headquarters of the Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama on March 24, 2003. The US military has failed to prepare a realistic "plan B" if ...

Hossein Shariatmadar, a close aide of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and managing editor of the hard-line Kayhan newspaper, wrote an editorial on Sunday calling on Iranian forces to strike the ...

Al Udeid Air Base (Qatar) – The largest US military base in the Middle East, established in 1996. Covering an area of 24 hectares (60 acres), the base accommodates almost 100 aircraft as well as ...

Navy personnel assigned to Naval Forces Central Command speak at a mental health awareness event in Bahrain on April 12, 2023. Service members deployed to Bahrain are taking part in a two-day ...

On the surface, all appears calm at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, where troops mill about chatting, eating or shopping. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — Protests that flared here in response to Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric have not affected the U.S. naval base here, home to the 5th Fleet.

A US naval base in Bahrain is set to undergo a $580m upgrade, which will double its size, it was reported on Thursday. The revamp of the Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, which is home of the US ...

November 13, 2007: The U.S. has turned a minor naval station in the Persian Gulf, into one of its most crucial bases for the war on terrorism. The U.S. moved into a minor naval base in Bahrain in 1973 ...

Israel’s defense minister visited the US Navy Fifth Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain on Thursday, part of an unannounced trip amid heightened Gulf tensions ...