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Pentagon expands Middle East response as Israel, Iran trade strikes
The Pentagon is expanding its military presence in the Middle East and Europe in response to worsening hostilities between Israel and Iran, U.S. officials said Monday, sending refueling planes and an additional aircraft carrier among the resources dispatched.

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Amid Israel-Iran war, Nimitz aircraft carrier to join Vinson in Middle East
US ‘postured defensively’ in Middle East as Israel-Iran conflict escalates: Pentagon chief
Israel strikes state-run Iranian TV during live broadcast while Trump issues warning to Tehran
Israel struck Iran’s state-run television station Monday during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion, after Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel that k...

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Israel Widens Attacks Against Iran, Striking Broadcaster
Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region's airspace
Israel-Iran Battle Escalates, Will Be High on Agenda as World Leaders Meet
Israel and Iran kept up their attacks, killing and wounding civilians and raising concern among world leaders meeting in Canada this week that the biggest battle between the two old enemies could lead...

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Israel and Iran trade strikes for third day as hundreds reported dead
Israel Strikes Iran State Media Buildings in Tehran
U.S. Bolsters Trump's Middle East Military Options By Moving Refueling Aircraft, Officials Say
The U.S. military has reportedly moved a large number of refueling aircraft to Europe to provide options to Trump.
US surges warships and aircraft to Middle East, as Trump says “evacuate Tehran”
US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON … Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
Trump cuts short G7 trip over Middle East tensions as Israel and Iran exchange fire
Blasts have been heard in Tehran and sirens have sounded in Israel as US president convenes National Security Council.
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Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran
The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region, officials have confirmed to .
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How War Between Iran and Israel Could Escalate—and Drag In the United States
Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.
US reduces the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East as tensions rise
The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and their loved ones due to the potential for regional unrest.
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Video: SECDEF Hegseth authorizes voluntary departure of military dependents in Middle East
Pete Hegseth authorized U.S. military dependents in the Middle East to voluntarily depart amid increased tension in the Middle East.
Explainer-What's Behind Iran's Long Tussle With the United States?
The United States is the main international backer of Israel, Iran's biggest regional foe. It is also a close ally of Sunni Gulf monarchies which for years pursued their own rivalry with the Islamic Republic, seeing it as their main regional threat.
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