JAKARTA - Hundreds of US troops have been withdrawn from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, The New York Times reported, citing an anonymous Pentagon source.
The report also said troops had been evacuated from Bahrain, where the US Navy's 5th Fleet is based, while troops at bases in Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates remained.
The withdrawal is being interpreted as a preemptive move amid rising tensions over a possible US attack on Iran, with Tehran expected to respond by attacking US forces in the region.
However, the US military's Central Command, which includes Iran and most of the surrounding region, has not responded to the report.
In a letter to the UN secretary-general on Thursday, the head of Iran's mission to the UN said that if Iran was attacked, "all bases, facilities and assets of enemy forces in the region would be legitimate targets," and "the United States would bear full and immediate responsibility for the unpredictable and uncontrollable consequences."
Al Udeid is the largest US military base in the Middle East, housing around 10,000 troops.
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