Iranian presence or proxies
US bases/deployment
Both
Potential targets
Turkey
Incirlik air base
Tehran
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Baghdad
Kuwait
The
Gulf
Bahrain
is home to the
US 5th Fleet
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Israel
Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials have threatened ‘harsh retaliation’ against the US and Israel, although it is not clear whether Israel was involved in the assassination
Straits of Hormuz
Throughout summer 2019, Iran targeted US and UK shipping at this choke point, through which much of the world's oil must pass
Iranian presence or proxies
US bases/deployment
Both
Potential targets
Turkey
Incirlik air base
Tehran
Syria
Iraq
Lebanon
Iran
Afghanistan
Baghdad
West Bank
and Gaza Strip
Jordan
Kuwait
The Gulf
Bahrain
is home to the
US 5th Fleet
Egypt
Qatar
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Yemen
Israel
Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials have threatened ‘harsh retaliation’ against the US and Israel, although it is not clear whether Israel was involved in the assassination
Straits of Hormuz
Throughout summer 2019, Iran targeted US and UK shipping at this choke point, through which much of the world's oil must pass