The U.S. Embassy successful Qatar warned American citizens connected Monday to structure successful place.
"Out of an abundance of caution we urge American citizens structure successful spot until further notice," the embassy said successful a notice posted online connected Monday.
The State Department had earlier warned U.S. citizens astir the satellite to "exercise accrued caution," aft the U.S. joined Israel's battle connected Iran, bombing 3 of the Islamic Republic's cardinal atomic sites connected Saturday.
Prior to the U.S. strikes, Iran vowed that it would retaliate against if the U.S. joined the conflict.
The U.S. has a fig of subject bases and warships crossed successful the Middle East, and astir 40,000 subject unit stationed connected them.
President Donald J. Trump speaks connected signifier during a circuit of the Al Udeid Air Base connected May 15, 2025, successful Doha, Qatar.
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Al-Udeid Air Base successful Qatar is the largest U.S. basal successful the Middle East. It was a large staging crushed for U.S. subject assets during the wars successful Iraq and Afghanistan, and President Trump visited troops astatine the installation conscionable past month. There are immoderate 8,000 U.S. troops based astatine al-Udeid.
Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital planetary reporter, based successful the CBS News London bureau.
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