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BRITAIN is sending more RAF jets to the Middle East as the war between Israel and Iran intensifies. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told reporters en route to Canada for the G7 summit that he was ramping up Britain’s military presence to provide “contingency support” for troops already in the region.
Pete Hegseth authorized U.S. military dependents in the Middle East to voluntarily depart amid increased tension in the Middle East.
The Israeli military warns Iranians to evacuate arms factories, signaling what could be a further widening of the campaign.
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.
U.S. embassies and military bases across the Middle East are on high alert, as fears grow about an Israeli strike on Iran.
The United States has pulled some diplomatic staff and military families out of the Middle East, citing unspecified regional security risks.
The Ukrainian president says he was informed the U.S. would divert key defensive weapons from Ukraine to the Middle East.
During his visit to the Middle East in May, U.S. President Donald Trump did several things that few would have predicted months or even weeks earlier. One was his surprise meeting with Syria’s new leader,