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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/23/british-army-leave-canada-50-years-new-base-middle-east/
British Army to Move Main Overseas Training Base to Middle East
(Telegraph-UK) Dominic Nicholls - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to announce this week the move of Britain's biggest overseas training base from Alberta in Canada to Oman in the Middle East. The Omani desert, near Duqm airbase and port, will become the main training ground for tanks and other armored vehicles. Defense sources said the shift to the Gulf would enable British forces to position hardware closer and more visibly to potential adversaries, such as Iran. This would reduce the time necessary to respond to any crisis in the region.