Map: The UK, US and French military bases across the Middle East after Iran threat - Iran says it does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighbouring countries but accuses the US and ...

Iran launched a missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region.

Iran targeted the U.S. military's largest Middle East air base with a missile attack on Monday, June 23, an apparent response to U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities days earlier.

Satellite images, captured by Planet Labs, showed dozens of aircraft at the base throughout early June, before Israel began its military campaign against Iran on June 13.

French military bases in the Middle East The French presence in the Middle East is primarily based at Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE, where it has a permanent outfit stationed there.