Some personnel have been advised to leave the US military’s Al Udeid airbase in Qatar by Wednesday evening, three unnamed diplomats tell Reuters news agency. The news report comes amid increasing warnings from the United States that it could intervene militarily to protect protesters in Iran. Al Udeid is the Middle East’s largest US base housing about 10,000 American troops. “It’s a posture change and not an ordered evacuation,” one of the diplomats told Reuters, adding he’s not aware of any specific reason for the move. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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