US warplanes, ships and troops ready in the Middle East if the conflict expands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has kept an increased military presence in the Middle East throughout much of the past year, with about 40,000 forces, at least a dozen warships and four Air Force fighter jet squadrons spread across the region both to protect allies and to serve as a deterrent against attacks, several U.S. officials said.
Middle East latest: Fears of escalation as Israel hits Lebanon with most intense strikes of conflict
Welcome back to our live coverage of developments in the Middle East, a day after Israel carried out airstrikes in ...
WASHINGTON—Despite months of painstaking effort, senior U.S. officials say they don’t expect Israel and Hamas to agree to a ...
Russian foreign ministry says organisers of attack ‘deliberately sought' to foment large-scale armed confrontation’. ...
Recent polling suggests that after 11 months of witnessing the conflict of Gaza, the people of Lebanon – despite being ...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Egypt this week on his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza ...
A year after the Oct. 7 attacks, the United States and its allies must have an honest reckoning: Iran’s power has risen, while America’s has diminished.
The absence of a full-blown war in Lebanon has been touted as a core U.S. achievement, but now Washington’s grip on the ...
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Iran has benefited from a contradiction in U.S. policy, as the U.S. seeks de-escalation and deterrence, Iran is threatening ...
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