British to establish permanent base near U.S. Fifth Fleet’s in Bahrain

By World Tribune on December 16, 2014   Bahrain, BB Backgrounder, Exclusives, Great Britain, Intel Brief, Mideast, Top Stories  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Great Britain recently announced that it would re-establish a permanent military base in the Middle East. The site will be Port Mina Salman in Bahrain where the U.S. Fifth Fleet has its headquarters. The new base will cost the UK government $23 million to build, but most of […]