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Middle East expert Bilal Saab told Newsweek that Joe Biden was left to choose "the least bad option" in deciding how to react ...

Meanwhile, the Biden administration reached an agreement with Qatar to extend for another 10 years the U.S. military presence at Al Udeid Air Base, the largest American military base in the Middle ...

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The Qatar Emiri Air Force cargo plane, a hulking grey C17, sat by a runway at the sprawling Al Udeid airbase. Deep inside, Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron, in black loafers and sweater ...

The Middle East. Earlier this month, 20 US troops were sworn in as Space Force recruits at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, becoming the newest US military branch's first foreign deployed troops.