Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) staged a dramatic live-fire drill simulating the destruction of a replica of Al Dhafra Air Base — a key U.S. military hub. The exercise, part of ...

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The U.S. Navy will have at least 16 ships in the region, dwarfing the 11-ship fleet that was, until the Ford's departure, positioned in the Caribbean Sea.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades, ...

As U.S. forces mass in the Middle East, Iran faces the threat of major strikes by the world’s most powerful military, potentially targeting its leaders, military, nuclear sites and critical ...

Even after the killing of El Mencho, Trump wants Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to do more to fight drugs ...

The U.S. has sent top-of-the-line fighters to Israel, marking the first time it has deployed combat aircraft to the country for a potential wartime mission as the two nations prepare to square off ...

Iran’s proxies in Iraq and the Lebanese Hezbollah, among others, sat the war out rather than risk further devastation at U.S. or Israeli hands. Russia and China, part of a vaunted “ axis of upheaval , ...