Posts Tagged: US Military in Middle East
US Admiral: Iran Not ‘Drawing Back’ Militarily After Attack on Saudi Oil Facility
Iran has not drawn back to a less threatening military posture in the region following the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia, the top US admiral...
Why America Must Confront Power-Hungry Iran
With each passing week, Iran’s strategy comes into sharper focus: harass the international community and try to sow concern in energy markets without taking action...
US Drone Shot Down Over Yemen, Officials Say
A US military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen's Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday,...
Iran Claims Capture of British Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they have captured a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran and Washington disagreed about a...
Iran Dismisses Trump Report That US Navy Downed ‘Provocative’ Drone
Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump's assertion that the US Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were accounted...
US Senate Defeats Measure to Restrain Trump on Iran
The US Senate on Friday defeated legislation that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran without first obtaining the approval of Congress,...
Trump Says ‘Not Talking Boots on the Ground’ if Action Taken Against Iran
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was "not talking boots on the ground" should military action be necessary against Iran, and said any conflict...
Policy Experts Split in Analysis of Trump’s Iran Strike Stand-Down
Top policy experts debated on Friday US President Donald Trump's decision the previous night to halt an attack against Iranian targets following the downing of...
Trump Says He Aborted Retaliatory Strike to Spare Iranian Lives
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had aborted a military strike on Iran because such a response to Tehran's downing of an unmanned American surveillance...
Trump Warned Tehran a US attack Was Imminent, Called for Talks, Iranian Officials Say
Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from US President Donald Trump warning that a US attack on Iran was imminent but...
‘I Think Probably Iran Made a Mistake,’ Trump Says of Downing of US Surveillance Drone
US President Donald Trump played down Iran's downing of a US military surveillance drone on Thursday, saying he suspected it was shot by mistake and that...
Trump Says Iran ‘Made a Very Big Mistake’ by Shooting Down Drone
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iran made "a very big mistake" by shooting down a US military drone that Tehran said was on a spy...
Iran Shoots Down US Military Drone in Gulf Region
Iran on Thursday shot down a US military drone that it said was flying over one of its southern provinces on the Gulf, increasing fears...
US Navy Says Mine Fragments, Magnet Point to Iran in Gulf Tanker Attack
The US Navy on Wednesday displayed limpet mine fragments and a magnet it said it had removed from one of two oil tankers attacked in...
