As Sayliyah Army Base ( Arabic:قاعدة السيلية العسكرية) or Camp As Sayliyah was a United States Army base in Al Sailiya, a suburb outside Doha, Qatar.

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used it to preposition material bound for Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the largest U.S. Army prepositioning site in the world, 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

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. It was established in 2000, and closed in June 2021 when its mission was moved to Area Support Group-Jordan.In 2022, it is being used as a way station or "

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" for housing Afghans who have been evacuated by the US Government.

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*Pike, John.
Camp As Sayliyah
" ''globalsecurity.org,'' 2000–2008. Military installations of the United States in Qatar {{Qatar-geo-stub