Austin to send fighter jets, keep carrier group in Middle East for Israel defense
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of fighter jets, naval ships and air defense forces to the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region following Israeli attacks on Iran and Lebanon. “The Department of Defense continues to take steps to mitigate potential escalation of regional tensions from Iran or its partners and […]
US bolsters military presence in Middle East as threat of regional escalation intensifies | Middle East and north Africa
The Pentagon said on Friday that the U.S. military will send additional fighter jets and naval ships to the Middle East as Washington prepares for Iran and its regional allies to make good on their promises of a response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The assassinations of Haniyeh in Tehran […]
Pentagon To Send Troops And Land-Based Firepower To Middle East Amid Iranian Threats
The Pentagon announced Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a significant increase in U.S. military presence in the Middle East in response to the growing threat from Iran. The strategic move includes the deployment of additional soldiers, ships, fighter jets and enhanced land-based missile defenses. Assistant Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the US […]
U.S. military expands presence in Middle East, repositions forces around Iran
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A week of escalation in the Middle East – podcast | News
The killings of Hamas political and military leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif, as well as senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr, have raised fears of a regional conflict. Following the assassination, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that “we will end things with those who do us harm.” “Once again we find ourselves in the […]
U.S. Deploys 12 Warships Towards Middle East As Tensions Escalate
A West Catapult safety monitor gives a thumbs up (Photo: U.S. Navy/Getty Images) By Blake Wolf, OAN StaffThursday, August 1, 2024 3:35 PM The US Defense Department has deployed 12 warships to the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea amid rising tensions in the Middle East. advertisement The fleet includes the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt […]
Middle East tensions escalate after Hamas leader’s assassination
Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text UN report finds Palestinian detainees mistreated in Israeli prisons Palestinian detainees have been tortured and ill-treated in Israeli custody, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report looked […]
Oil prices jump as tensions in Middle East spike
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as an Israeli air strike appeared to kill a Hamas leader inside Iran, raising fears of a new conflict in the Middle East. West Texas Crude Oil Prices soared Prices rose more than $3 a barrel on Wednesday to about $78, up more than 4 percent. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh […]
Zero Bond owner Scott Sartiano faces ‘vendetta’ from East Hampton noise police: sources
In the Hamptons, revenge is best taken coldly. SoHo upscale restaurant Sartiano’s opened its East Hampton location less than a month ago, but since opening it’s been subject to nearly daily raids by health inspectors and scrutiny by the city’s notorious noise enforcement police, The Washington Post has learned. Last Saturday, witnesses said three police […]
Whole Foods to beef up NYC footprint with new outpost in East Village
Whole Foods has signed a lease to open a new store in an East Village space that was vacant before the pandemic, according to Realty Check. The Amazon-owned market will open at 409 East 14th Street, a space that was previously closed after Associated Supermarkets closed in December 2019, and the company will roll out […]