US needs to signal to Iran it's a possible target so it doesn't get too comfortable, says former top general in the Middle East

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The Dwight D. Eisenhower in waters near Iran
Components of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group (IKECSG) and the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) transit the Strait of Hormuz, Dec 14, 2023.

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US forces hammered dozens of IRGC and Iran-backed militia targets with 125 bombs in retaliation for the drone attack that killed American troops

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Jan. 12, 2024.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Jan. 12, 2024.

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Iran warns it will react decisively if attacked and won't 'leave any threat unanswered' as US plans response to American troops deaths

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Iran Revolutionary Guard deputy head Hossein Salami
Hossein Salami, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, speaks during Tehran's Friday prayers on July 16, 2010.

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Biden says he knows how he is going to respond to US troop deaths, but he doesn't want a wider war

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President Joe Biden.

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2 reasons why Red Sea disruptions won't send inflation soaring again, according to Goldman Sachs

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A ship transits the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea on January 10, 2024 in Ismailia, Egypt.
A ship transits the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea on January 10, 2024 in Ismailia, Egypt.

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Iran may not have been seeking to trigger a regional war with the drone strike that killed 3 US troops, say experts

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A soldier stands guard at the Hashed al-shaabi forces' headquarters in Baghdad on January 25, 2024.

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Increased US military presence in the Middle East has cost $1.6 billion — a bill it can't pay right now, report says

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The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in the Middle East in an undated picture shared by the US Central Command.

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Iran accuses Israel of killing a spy chief and 3 of its top Revolutionary Guards in Syria, escalating tensions in the region

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Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike on Damascus, Syria which killed four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike on Damascus, Syria which killed four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

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Russia is seeking to fan the flames of war in the Middle East amid Western airstrikes against the Houthi in Yemen

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Yemenis participate in a protest supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his war on Ukraine, outside the Russian embassy on March 24, 2022, in Sana'a, Yemen.

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Israel is hinting at a wider war in the Middle East — one that the US thinks it will lose: report

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with IDF soldiers in Gaza in November.

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