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.

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.

President Donald Trump on Friday embraced potential regime change in Iran and declared that "tremendous power" will soon be in the Middle East.

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.

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,

The USS Gerald R. Ford will join another aircraft carrier and nine other warships in the region.

Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that his first official overseas trip would be to the Middle East. An unnamed political figure, possibly from Kuwait, wanted to know how to deal with the new, unpredictable American leader. So the person turned to ...

The departure of the chief executive of Dubai port giant DP World is the biggest fallout in the Middle East from U.S. Department of Justice documents which show that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein tried to build a powerful network of political figures and business leaders across the region.