U.S. Deploying Thousands More Troops to Middle East Amid Growing Threats to Security in Region

The United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to U.S. forces in the region, the Pentagon said on Friday.

A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said additional U.S. deployments were also being weighed, including sending elements of the Europe-based 173rd Airborne Brigade for tasks like embassy protection in Lebanon.

Source: Nationalpost

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