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USS Nimitz heading to Middle East, defense official says
The aircraft carrier will replace the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in the Middle East amid growing tensions between Israel and Iran.
By Riley Ceder
Iran warning puts thousands of European troops in spotlight
A warning by Iran’s president that European forces in the Middle East could be at risk if their nations join the U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic puts a focus on thousands of foreign troops in the region.
Families of deployed paratroopers received ‘menacing’ messages, warned to double-check social media settings
Separately, a U.S. source told Military Times the WiFi access was suspended over fears of a potential hacking and leak of sensitive contact information.
Amid Iran tensions, Democratic hopefuls joust over military plans
The seventh Democratic debate featured arguably the most national security debate of the campaign cycle thus far.
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176
Iran said Tuesday that authorities have made arrests for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, which killed all 176 people on board and set off protests in the country demanding accountability after officials initially concealed the cause of the crash.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
US warns vessels transiting Persian Gulf amid tensions with Iran
The United States on Tuesday warned of threats to commercial vessels in and around the Persian Gulf in the wake of its confrontation with Iran.
Iran’s support to the Taliban, which has included MANPADS and a bounty on US troops, could be a spoiler for peace in Afghanistan
The Quds Force “usually asks the Taliban commanders to send their best fighters for the training, likely due to the more advanced training involved in learning MANPADS systems or possibly to allow these fighters to become future trainers of other Taliban fighters inside Afghanistan.”
By Shawn Snow
US officials cite deterrence to defend lethal drone strike
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr said deterrence was a key component of the strike. But they stopped short of saying definitively that no specific plot was broken up.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
National security has barely made the debate stage. Here comes the Iran crisis.
The U.S.-Iran crisis has thrust foreign policy and national security—rarely decisive factors in elections—into the spotlight and, likely, onto the Democratic debate stage.
By Joe Gould
4 Iraqi troops wounded by rocket attack at Balad air base
Four members of Iraq’s military were wounded Sunday in a rocket attack targeting an air base just north of Baghdad where American trainers were present until recently, Iraqi security officials said.
US points to dissent in Iran in wake of deadly drone strike
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other administration officials joined President Donald Trump in trying to draw attention to dissent in Iran instead of lingering questions about the scale of the threat used to justify a drone strike on Iran’s top military leader.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press