The Pentagon has dramatically reduced the number of ships it had in the Caribbean ahead of the Maduro raid, moving vessels toward the Middle East.

Urging Polish citizens to leave Iran amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington, Donald Tusk warned that if an armed conflict breaks out, evacuation may become impossible within hours. “Please leave Iran immediately and do not travel to the country under any circumstances,” he said.

The US has, over the past few days, steadily moved cutting-edge F-35 and F-22 jet fighters toward the Middle East.

The carrier, fresh from operations against Venezuela, will join the USS Abraham Lincoln as American military buildup in the region continues.

Team Trump has deployed additional land-based air defence systems across the Middle East, reinforcing its military posture in the region.

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The deployment of F-22s towards the Middle East has been considered by many to be one of the final pieces of the puzzle regarding U.S. preparations for potential offensive action against Iran. The Langley Air Force Base (AFB) jets landed at the UK base shortly before 1830 UTC,

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, Feb. 13, a move that would put two carriers in the region as tensions soar between the United States and Iran.

Top national security officials of the Trump administration reportedly met in the White House situation room on Wednesday to discuss the situation.

The U.S. Navy’s newest supercarrier is heading back towards the Middle East having already been recalled across the Atlantic to station off Venezuela. Already in its eighth month at sea, this new assignment – which will require the third Atlantic transit of its current deployment – in the midst of heightened tensions between the U.