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 American forces in the region, US officials said on Friday.
Al Jazeera quotes officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the troops would be joining the roughly 750 forces that were sent to Kuwait earlier this week.
CNN reported that the additional troops were notified to be prepared for deployment in case the situation required it.
Their deployment is expected to last 60 days.
will be sent to the Middle East following the Pentagon strike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, according to multiple reports on Friday.
Iran has vowed “harsh revenge” following the death of the Quds Forces leader.
Soleimani was killed Thursday in a strike at Baghdad International Airport alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Popular Mobilization Forces, Iraqi state TV first reported Thursday.
Via Al Jazeera / CNN / Military Insider / The Hill
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