Where are US troops currently deployed across the Middle East?

As confusion over whether US troops are withdrawing from Iraq builds, as does tensions between Washington and Tehran, Middle East Eye has taken a look at where American troops are currently deployed across the region.

On Monday, the US military mistakenly sent a letter to the Iraqi government informing Baghdad that its soldiers had started withdrawing from the country. 

The Pentagon later clarified the letter was merely a draft that should not have been released, and it has no plans to immediately leave Iraq.

As it stands, Washington has 5,000 troops deployed in Iraq.

While Donald Trump said he would withdraw US troops from Syria last year, there still remain about 500-1000 troops. In Afghanistan, another place Trump said he'd get US troops out of, 12,000 American troops remain.

Washington also has a sizeable number of troops in Qatar, 10,000, Bahrain, 7,000, the United Arab Emirates, 5,000 and Saudi Arabia, 3,000.