Originally Posted by
BonnieLass
It seems that Saudi Arabia are not alone in rejecting the use of bases and airspace by the US....it goes back as far as the start of all this at the end of February. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar all said no and that it included refuelling and recovery too.
This dated April 2, 2026 -
Gulf states reject use of airspace for U.S. attacks on Iran (Doha News)
Without the use of bases and airspace it was going to be very hard to maintain the Project Freedom....and once again as per this article from yNet Global today, the Gulf States did not know about Project Freedom until after it had started, they were caught by surprise (where have we heard that before in regard to the Iran conflict)
Project Freedom halted after Saudi Arabia suspended US use of its military bases, airspace (yNet - May 7, 2026)
This is consistent with some of the tanker routing and the subsequent midair collision as a result of not being able to have well separated inbound and outbound.