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The US has finalised an agreement that will allow Qatar to build an air force facility in Idaho, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced.<\/p>\n

He said the facility – where pilots from the Gulf state would be trained to fly F-15 fighter jets – would be established at the Mountain Home Airbase in the north-western US state.<\/p>\n

“It’s just another example of our partnership,” Hegseth said during a meeting with his Qatari counterpart, Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, at the Pentagon on Friday.<\/p>\n

Hegseth also praised Qatar for playing a “substantial role” in efforts led by President Donald Trump to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage return deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Qatar – along with Egypt and Turkey – has been an active mediator during months of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Friday, Hegseth said he was “proud that today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force Facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho”.<\/p>\n

“The location will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots to enhance our combined training, increase lethality, interoperability, it’s just another example of our partnership.<\/p>\n

“You can count on us,” Hegseth told al-Thani.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon chief did not say how many Qatari F-15s would be based at the Idaho facility, and when it would become operational.<\/p>\n

Last month, President Trump signed an executive order pledging to use all measures – including the US military – to defend Qatar.<\/p>\n

The order amounts to an extraordinary security pact between America and a key Arab ally, almost mirroring aspects of a Nato alliance.<\/p>\n

The move came after Israeli air strikes targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital Doha on 9 September, leaving several lower-level members of the Palestinian group dead, along with a Qatari security official.<\/p>\n

Qatar hosts Washington’s biggest military base in the Middle East – the al-Udeid.<\/p>\n

The base – home to the US military’s headquarters for all air operations in the region – was attacked earlier this by Iran in retaliation for American strikes against its nuclear sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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