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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S. military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a U.S. official ​and three people familiar w…

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/BEIRUT (Reuters) — Israeli warplanes hit central Beirut in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying apartment buildings in some of the most intense airstrikes on the center of the Lebanese capital for decades, an ​expansion of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) — Several U.S. allies rebuffed Donald Trump’s call on Monday to ​send warships to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, drawing criticism from the U.S. president, who accused Western partners of ingratitude after decades of support.

TOKYO/PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s demands for a coalition to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz appeared ​to fall on deaf ears on Monday as allies Japan and Australia said they were not planning to send navy vessels to the Middle East to escort ships through the vit…

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its third week, Trump said U.S. strikes had “totally demolished” much of the island and warned of more, telling NBC News on Saturday, “We may hit it a few more times just for fun.”

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — President Donald Trump threatened to strike the oil infrastructure of Iran’s Kharg Island hub unless Tehran stopped attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a warning that could ​further roil markets coping with a historic supply disruption.

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) —  Two tankers were ablaze in Iraqi waters on Thursday after what appeared to be Iranian strikes, the latest wave of attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, as ​Iran warned the world should be ready for oil to hit $200 a barrel.

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States and Israel pounded Iran on Tuesday with what the Pentagon and Iranians on the ground called the most intense airstrikes of the war, despite global markets betting that President Donald Trump ​will seek to end the conflict soon.

DUBAI (Reuters) —  Iran is wagering it can outlast the United States and Israel — not militarily, but by grinding the war into a brutal contest of endurance. Its strategy is stark: Unleash drones and missiles, cut vital energy routes and jolt global markets hard enough ​to force Washington to …

DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the ​week-old U.S.-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil above $100 a barrel.