The American military has ordered 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Friday, in a major addition of forces in the region after nearly two weeks of war with Iran.

A U.S. Air Force refueling jet involved in Operation Epic Fury has gone down over Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command. The KC-135 was flying over “fr

As fighting continues in the region, two US officials tell CBS that elements of a unit based in Japan could be transferred to the Middle East.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called on Persian Gulf nations to force the U.S. military to leave the Middle East. “I recommend that they shut down those bases as soon as possible,” Khamenei said,

A watchdog founder told Snopes he received hundreds of complaints about religious messaging in the U.S. military after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

Only 41% of Americans backed Trump's military intervention against Iran when it began Feb. 28, lower than any major U.S. conflict since World War II.

The U.S. said it has ramped up its attacks on Iranian minelayers and mine facilities as it seeks to preempt efforts by Iran to lay sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil shipments.

Iran has aimed to keep the much more powerful US military and its allies off balance through proxies in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Hezbollah in Lebanon, for example, has fired missiles and drones into northern Israel since March 2 as part of Iran’s retaliatory strikes.