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Al Sayliyah Army Base (Arabic: قاعدة السيلية العسكرية) or Camp Al Sayliyah was a United States Army base in Al Sailiya, a suburb outside Doha, Qatar. U.S. Central Command used it to preposition material bound for Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the largest U.S. Army prepositioning site in the world,[1] capable of storing enough equipment for a U.S. Army armored brigade: more than 150 M-1 Abrams tanks, 116 Bradley fighting vehicles, and 112 other armored personnel carriers.[1][2] It was established in 2000,[3] and closed in June 2021 when its mission was moved to Area Support Group-Jordan.[4]
In 2023, it is being used as a way station or "lily pad" for housing Afghans who have been evacuated by the US Government.[5] This mission continues under the leadership of the US Department of State following the Army's departure.[6]
In late April 2026 some 1,100 Afghan refugees being held at the base said they were being forced to choose between returning to Afghanistan or being sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under an agreement reached after a US $50 million donation to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).[7] US officials denied any decisions had been made and called their "voluntary resettlement opportunites" a "positive resolution" for their safety. According to UNHCR estimates the number of displaced people in the DRC could reach 8 million by the end of 2026.[8][9]
References
edit- 1 2 United States. Army Central. Area Support Group - Qatar (January 2018). "Resource Guide for Families at Camp Al Sayliyah" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-21.
- ↑ des Roches, David (June 8, 2017). "A Base is More than Buildings: The Military Implications of the Qatar Crisis". War on the Rocks.
A second military facility, not generally discussed, is also present in Qatar – Camp Al Sayliyah. This is a forward positioning logistics facility. It has the equipment for an entire U.S. Army armored brigade, and a number of warehouses. It was essential to American operations in Iraq in 2003.
- ↑ globalsecurity.org: "Camp Al Sayliyah"
- ↑ "US military shifts Army basing from Qatar to Jordan in move that could provide leverage against Iran". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Camp Al Sayliyah Exchange Rapidly Reopens to Serve Troops Supporting Afghan Guests". 15 September 2021.
- ↑ "Day One: State Department Diplomatic Security Task Order in Doha, Qatar".
- ↑ Sullivan, Eileen; Aleaziz, Hamed; Rajagopalan, Megha; Baskar, Pranav (4 April 2026). "Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen". New York Times. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Peltier, Elian (23 April 2026). "Afghans Who Helped U.S. Forces Say They're Being Pushed Back to the Taliban". New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ Bekiempis, Victoria (21 April 2026). "Trump officials consider sending 1,100 Afghans who aided US forces to Congo". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
External links
edit- Pike, John. "Camp Al Sayliyah." globalsecurity.org, 2000–2008.
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