Iran has responded to a wave of US strikes by launching missile attacks on multiple countries hosting some of the tens of thousands of American troops deployed across the Middle East.
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Below are the significant concentrations of US forces in the region — which fall under the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) — and the various attacks Iran has reportedly carried out:
Bahrain
The tiny Gulf kingdom hosts an installation known as Naval Support Activity Bahrain, where the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet and US Naval Forces Central Command headquarters are based.
Bahrain’s deep-water port can accommodate the largest US military vessels, such as aircraft carriers, and the US Navy has used the base in the country since 1948, when the facility was operated by Britain’s Royal Navy.
Several US ships have their home port in Bahrain, including anti-mine vessels and logistical support ships.
Bahrain said that the 5th Fleet’s service center was targeted by an Iranian missile strike on Saturday.
Iraq
The United States has troops in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region as part of the international coalition against the Islamic State group, but their mission is due to end by September under a deal between Washington and Baghdad.
American forces have already completed their withdrawal from facilities in federal Iraq — whose government is a close ally of Iran, but also a strategic partner of Washington — under the same agreement.
AFP journalists reported explosions near the US consulate in Arbil — the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan — on Saturday, while Iraq’s powerful pro-Iran Kataeb Hezbollah group threatened attacks on American bases.
Kurdish security forces later said the US-led coalition had intercepted multiple drones and missiles over Arbil.
Jordan
