DOHA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The government of Qatar has announced that it will establish a new air base called "Tamim Air Base," said state-run Qatar News Agency (QNA) on Monday. The remarks were made by Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Malki, deputy commander of the Qatari Emiri Air Force, during ...
The Al Udeid Air Base is a military base located west of Doha Qatar and is owned by the Qatar Emiri Air Force. It is home to the headquarters of United States Central Command (USCC) and United State Air Force Central Command (USAFCC). The Al Udeid Air Base Qatar is also a home to...
It’s no secret – apart from the modus operandi – that Putin and Erdogan have discussed a possible Turkish humanitarian naval convoy to Gaza, which would be protected from an Israeli attack by the Russian Navy out of its Tartous base in Syria and the Russian air Force out of Hmeimim. T...
The Yemen Effect: US Air Force Moving Its Middle East Command from Qatar to South Carolina October 1, 2019 By NEWS WIRE Leave a Comment 21WIRE | Recent events have prompted US military planners to re-think how their assets will be positioned going forward. Filed Under: Featured, US News...
DOHA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Qatari Emiri Air Force has sent a C-17 plane to Mogadishu, Somalia to aid victims of last week's terrorist attack, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported on Wednesday. The plane was carrying medical equipment and first aid to help the injured in the terrorist explo...
Qatari citizens approved a new constitution via public referendum in April 2003, which came into force in June 2005. In 1996 Al Jazeera launches the first independent Arab satellite news channel, breaking the monopoly of state controlled media in the region and in 2006 Qatar becomes the world'...
Its air force will have 94 aircraft by the end of the year, the procurement process for which involved a diversification of partners; the Qatari air force employs French-made Rafales, Eurofighter Typhoons, US-made F15Es, and UK-made BAE Hawk training aircraft, among others. Its navy will ...
Qatar is home to a large US air base and was named a “major non-NATO ally” by President Joe Biden in 2022. A Qatari official told AFP that Hamas’s political office was opened in Qatar in 2012 in coordination with the US government “following a US request to open a communication ch...
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Earlier, in August, Qatari senior official announced that Qatar would expand two air bases including Al-Udeid. Al-Udeid, which is considered the largest U.S. base in the Middle East, is home to the U.S. Air Force Central Command. ...