Pete Hegseth authorized U.S. military dependents in the Middle East to voluntarily depart amid increased tension in the Middle East.

After Israel launched an attack on Iran, the United States has begun moving its military resources towards the Middle East, considering the possibility of a retaliatory attack by Iran. Here are more details.

The United States is shifting military resources in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran.

The Israeli military warns Iranians to evacuate arms factories, signaling what could be a further widening of the campaign.

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

As of mid-2025, there are about 40,000 to 50,000 US troops in the Middle East, comprising personnel stationed in both large, permanent bases and smaller forward sites across the region.

U.S. embassies and military bases across the Middle East are on high alert, as fears grow about an Israeli strike on Iran.

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers will arrive in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit shadowed by a widening war in the Middle East, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unresolved trade war with allies and

The United States has pulled some diplomatic staff and military families out of the Middle East, citing unspecified regional security risks.

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