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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing criticism from some Republicans, with a key senator now calling on President Donald Trump to replace him. It comes amid Hegseth’s reported plans to extend troop deployments in the Middle East, a sign that the conflict with Iran could drag into next year. Meanwhile, the w.
The United States and Iran are exchanging new attacks across the Middle East, following days of renewed threats from both sides. CENTCOM says the U.S. struck Iranian air defense sites, radar systems and other military targets in response to Iran’s recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. NBC’s Gar.
Amid a crew morale crisis, the military has replaced the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East with another aircraft carrier. Our Pentagon reporter John Ismay, a Navy veteran, explains how the challenges to supply ships in the area will most likely remain the same.
About 5,000 U.S. sailors and Marines are stopping in the resort city of Pattaya for a “rest and relaxation” break as they return home from a record-setting deployment in the Middle East.
Police in Pattaya, Thailand, are intensifying a crackdown on sex workers ahead of the arrival of the USS Lincoln after the aircraft carrier’s lengthy deployment in the Middle East. While prostitution is illegal in Thailand, sex workers often operate openly in major tourist hubs like Bangkok and Pattaya.
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier departed Vietnam last week and is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to a U.S. official.
President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns from families of service members about the grim conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose deployment had been overextended in the Middle East due to the Iran war.
The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln. (Image credit: Victor R. Caivano).
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, a carrier stationed in the Middle East. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said the carrier has been deployed for 250 days and has not come ashore in over 200 days, setting a record. Defense Secretary pushed back agai.
Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind. (Image credit: Fadhel Madhan).
A multinational maritime coalition was recently formed to secure international trade routes throughout the Middle East.
President Trump is eager to declare success in Iran and Gaza, but he is struggling to impose his will in either conflict.
Despite wars ranging across the Middle East, more than 20 million Shia pilgrims gather in Iraq shrine city for Arbaeen festival (Image credit: Mohammed Sawaf for NPR).
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Peter Salisbury, professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, about how Iran and its allies have reshaped the war in the Middle East.
Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons. (Image credit: Vahid Salemi).
While the Middle East waits to hear whether a deal can be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Yemeni government’s conflict with Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated overnight.
There is a new partnership in the Middle East and South Asia. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed an agreement similar to NATO's Article 5, pledging that a strike against one of them would be considered a strike against all of them. But despite reports that it was close, no deal was announced between the United St.
Latest attacks by Iran-aligned Houthis spark concerns that Middle East crisis is intensifying Who are the Houthis – explained in 30 seconds Attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a military camp in Yemen and in Saudi Arabia have sparked concerns that the Middle East crisis will continue to spiral. Yemen is being increa.
U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country.
Oil prices fell on Monday as investors pared geopolitical risk premiums after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had called off a planned strike on Iran.
President Donald Trump has called for a pause on military strikes against Iran after he says Iran and other countries in the Middle East asking him to “hold off.” The president said that he agreed to cancel attacks “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL.” NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports for Sunday TODAY.
The State Department on Saturday urged Americans across the Middle East to consider leaving the region or be prepared to depart on short notice, warning of flight disruptions and security risks as the conflict with Iran escalates.
Yemeni rebels accuse Saudis of ‘dangerous escalation’ as tit-for-tat strikes mark new front in war that has engulfed region Iran-backed Houthi rebels vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they accused the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the Middle East war widens across the region.
Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that have left global oil supplies stranded in the Middle East.
Some Trump administration officials are concerned about the rapid use of interceptor and precision-guided weapons in the Middle East, sources told CBS News. CBS News' Kathryn Watson has more.
As the U.S. builds up forces in the Middle East amid the ongoing war with Iran, there's concern among some officials that U.S. weapons may be getting depleted. It comes as President Trump has threatened new escalations and as the U.S. and Iran continue to trade strikes. Charlie D'Agata reports.
NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez, Richard Engel and Courtney Kube discuss President Trump’s threats to escalate attacks inside Iran as fears grow over a widening conflict in the Middle East. NBC News Contributor Hooman Maj analyzes the state of diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran after 12 consecutive days of U.S. attacks.
Coal-fired power generation is set to increase in 2026, driven by supply difficulties and soaring natural gas prices linked to the war in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, countries seek nuclear capabilities to hedge against aggressive neighbors and a receding Washington, potentially creating a more freewheeling era.
Video footage and satellite images reveal new details about Iranian strikes on U.S. targets during the latest flare-up in fighting.
There are new concerns about the future of oil and gas prices after Yemen-based Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea. NBC’s Richard Engel reports on the new front in the Middle East conflict and Christine Romans joins TODAY with analysis on the economic impact to gas pric.
A dignified transfer was held Wednesday for the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in the Middle East in recent days amid the ongoing war with Iran. Lindsey Reiser shares more details on Lt. Tyler James Feehan, Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, Sgt. Angel Rampersad and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton.
President Trump spoke at a high school in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday, after attending a dignified transfer for four U.S. troops killed in the Middle East. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has the latest.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has declared a Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the war rippling across the Middle East.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about the escalating war in the Middle East and the testimony of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in front of a Senate panel on Tuesday.
Almost 100 American service members have been injured in strikes on bases in the Middle East this month, U.S. officials said.
President Trump reacted to the recent killings of U.S. soldiers in the Middle East with strong words on Monday, promising that Iran will pay "many times over." Mark Cancian, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to break down what this means for the war and CBS News' Weiji.