How many US military bases and how many troops are there in the Middle East region?

In exchange for a 50-year lease of a military base for the Ethiopian navy, Ethiopia will become the first foreign country to officially recognize Somaliland.

The United States has announced that it will take "multi-level and long-term" retaliation in response to the drone attack on the American base on the Syrian-Jordanian border that killed three of its soldiers and injured more than 30 others.

The Telegraph reported that China has been building a secret military base in an inaccessible mountainous area of Tajikistan for nearly a decade. The base, which is believed to repel threats from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, is said to be intended to host Chinese and Tajik troops.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has rejected reports that Britain has a secret Chinese military base on the territory of the country.