The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three US officials told "Reuters".
The deployment of the USS Boxer submarine, along with its Marine expeditionary force and an accompanying warship, comes after it was reported that the administration of President Donald Trump is considering deploying thousands of US troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East.
Yesterday, Trump said he is not deploying troops "anywhere", but if he intends to do so, he will not tell reporters.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not specify what the deployment would be. will be the role of the additional troops.
However, one of them indicated that the troops are leaving the West Coast of the United States about 3 weeks earlier than planned.
"The Wall Street Journal" reported that the United States is sending a total of three warships and between 2,200 and 2,500 additional soldiers to the Middle East.
According to data from the US Central Command, about 50,000 soldiers are already in the region.