The US and UK have more than 68,000 military personnel in the Gulf region

US personnel

British personnel

Key bases

Turkey*

İncirlik airbase

Tehran

Syria*

Iran

Baghdad

400

5,200

50

Camp

Patriot

2,795

16,500

100

3,000

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

7,000

200

100

al-Udeid airbase

Bahrain

13,000

5,000

Home to US 5th Fleet

and British Royal Navy

base HMS Jufair

UAE

Qatar

Oman*

Off the map: there are 14,000 US and

1,000 UK personnel in Afghanistan

US personnel

British personnel

Key bases

Turkey*

Tabriz

İncirlik airbase

Mashhad

Tehran

Iran

Syria*

1,000

14,000

5,200

400

Baghdad

Isfahan

Afghanistan

Iraq

50

Shiraz

2,795

16,500

100

Jordan

3,000

Camp Patriot

Saudi Arabia

Bandar Abbas

Kuwait

The

Gulf

Strait of Hormuz

200

7,000

al-Udeid airbase

Bahrain

13,000

5,000

100

Home to US 5th Fleet

and British Royal Navy

base HMS Jufair

UAE

Qatar

Oman*