Military plans to dispatch another 2,000 troops to the Middle East to augment missile defense and surveillance capabilities.
By Paul Sonne and Paul Sonne National security reporter focusing on the U.S. military Email Bio Follow Missy Ryan Missy Ryan Reporter covering the Pentagon, military issues and national security Email Bio Follow May 24 at 11:31 AM The Trump administration, facing rising tensions with Iran, plans to reinforce its military presence in the Middle East by sending another few thousand forces to the region to step up missile defense and surveillance, according to U.S. officials.
“Our job is deterrence. This is not about war,” Shanahan said. “We have a mission there in the Middle East: Freedom of navigation, counterterrorism in Syria and Iraq, defeating al-Qaeda in Yemen, and the security of Israel and Jordan.” The decision comes as the Trump administration steps up pressure on Iran after pulling out of the 2015 nuclear accord negotiated by President Barack Obama. Since then, the Trump administration has increased sanctions, designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization and declined to renew waivers that allowed eight countries to buy Iranian oil.
“We are trying to work as closely as we can with our allies to get them to hold fast on these fairly negative attempts at nuclear extortion and not give to Iran’s demands,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to a small group of reporters.
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