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The Pentagon announced Friday that a Qatari military facility will be built in Idaho.

Idaho's Mountain Home Air Force Base already hosts Singaporean pilots.

The Trump administration said Qatar helped mediate the Gaza peace deal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a letter of acceptance on Friday allowing the construction of a Qatari air force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.

The base, located to the south of Boise, will host a contingent of Qatari F-15 fighter jet pilots for enhanced training opportunities, Hegseth announced alongside Qatari Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

Hegseth acknowledged the “substantial role” Qatar played in mediating a peace deal that Israel and Hamas agreed to earlier this week and called Friday’

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