{"id":196956,"date":"2026-01-15T02:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-withdraws-some-personnel-from-middle-east-bases-amid-trump-iran-threats-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T02:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:46:48","slug":"us-withdraws-some-personnel-from-middle-east-bases-amid-trump-iran-threats-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-withdraws-some-personnel-from-middle-east-bases-amid-trump-iran-threats-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"US withdraws some personnel from Middle East bases amid Trump Iran threats – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

The report comes amid warnings from the US that \u200bit could intervene in protests currently taking place in Iran.<\/em>
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The United States is withdrawing some personnel from its bases in the Middle East, a US official told the Reuters news agency,\u00a0after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbours it would hit US bases if Washington launches strikes on Iran.
As Iran\u2019s leadership battles widescale antigovernment protests, Tehran is seeking to deter US President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated threats to intervene<\/a> on behalf of the protesters.<\/p>\n

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was pulling some personnel from key bases in the region as a precaution given heightened regional tensions, Reuters reported.
Some personnel have been advised to leave the Al Udeid airbase in Qatar by Wednesday evening, Reuters reported, quoting three unnamed diplomats.
\u201cIt\u2019s a posture change and not an ordered evacuation,\u201d one diplomat said, adding that they were not aware that a \u200cspecific reason had been given for the posture change.
Qatar said the drawdown of ‍some personnel ‍from the Al Udeid air\u200cbase \u200ccomes \u200cin \u2060response \u200cto \u201ccurrent ‍regional \u200ctensions\u201d.
Qatar\u2019s International Media Office said Doha \u201ccontinues to implement all necessary measures to safeguard the security and safety of its citizens and residents as a top priority\u201d and said that actions are under way for the \u201cprotection of critical infrastructure and military facilities\u201d.
There has been no comment from the US Embassy in Doha.
The UK is also reducing the number of its personnel at the airbase in Qatar, the BBC and The i newspaper reported.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence said that the department did not comment on details of basing and deployments due to security.
\u201cThe UK always puts precautionary measures in place to ensure the security and safety of our personnel, including, where necessary, withdrawing personnel,\u201d the spokesperson was cited as saying by Reuters.
Al Udeid houses about 10,000 troops. Last year, more than a week before the US launched air strikes on Iran, some personnel and \u200cfamilies were moved off US bases in the Middle East. After the US attacks in June<\/a>, Iran launched ‍a missile attack on the base<\/a> in Qatar.
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia also told its personnel to act with caution and avoid military installations.
\u201cGiven ongoing regional tensions, the US mission to Saudi Arabia has advised its personnel to exercise increased caution and limit non-essential travel to any military installations in the region. We recommend American citizens in the Kingdom do the same,\u201d the embassy said in a statement on its website.
Reuters quoted a senior Iranian official as saying that Tehran had warned regional countries it \u200cwould strike US military bases in case of an attack by \u200cWashington.
\u201cTehran has told \u200bregional countries \u2013 \u200cfrom Saudi Arabia and UAE to Turkiye \u2013 that US bases \u200cin those countries \u200cwill be attacked \u2060if US targets Iran \u2026 asking these countries to prevent \u200cWashington from attacking Iran,\u201d the unnamed senior Iranian official said.
The comments follow US President Donald Trump\u2019s threats to intervene militarily in Iran over the bloodshed during nationwide protests. Trump called on Iranians to take over state institutions, promising that \u201chelp is on the way\u201d.
The 24-hectare (59-acre) Al Udeid base, in the desert outside the capital Doha, is \u2060the forward headquarters for US Central Command, which directs US military operations in a huge swath of territory stretching from Egypt in the west to Kazakhstan \u200bin the east.
In January, US Central Command said it had opened a new coordination cell (MEAD-CDOC) at Al Udeid, in coordination with regional partners, to enhance integrated air and missile defence. The new cell would improve how regional forces coordinate and share air and missile responsibilities across the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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