WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The United States is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East given escalating ... or mission of the deployed forces. "Out of an abundance ...

Following Israel's strikes on the Iranian capitol of Tehran early Friday morning, the U.S. Embassy in Israel have ordered all personell and their families to shelter in place until further notice as a retalitory attack from Iran is expected within the next several hours.

The Ukrainian president says he was informed the U.S. would divert key defensive weapons from Ukraine to the Middle East.

The Pentagon notified Congress last week that it will be diverting critical anti-drone technology that had been allocated for Ukraine to US Air Force units in the Middle East, according to correspondence obtained by CNN and people familiar with the matter.

The US ordered its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East and a second vessel is en route with Middle East tensions at a fever pitch following Iran’s attack on Israel ...

The Pentagon will send an additional fighter ... Iran has blamed on Israel. The United States will also maintain an aircraft carrier presence in the Middle East as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...

Ukraine's president said the Biden administration had agreed to send the specialized anti-drone weapons, but they've been sent to the Middle East.

(Micah Garbarino/U.S. Air Force) The U.S. military has deployed more of its most advanced fighter jets to the Middle East as it continues ... in the region, the United States will take decisive ...