The USA decided to send 300 more military personnel to the Armed Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility in the Middle East. Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder said this during a briefing with reporters. RIA News.
“I am ready to announce the decision to send an additional 300 troops to the CENTCOM area of responsibility from our bases in the continental United States,” he said.
The military will assist troops already deployed in the area with explosive ordnance disposal, maintaining communications and will also provide other types of support, Ryder said.
On October 31, White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that the U.S. is currently planning Direct participation in hostilities in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Before that, the Axios portal, citing American and Israeli officials, wrote that the administration of US President Joe Biden wrote: being ready The fact that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip may spread to the Middle East.
On October 29, Stars and Stripes reported, based on eyewitnesses and analysts, that the American aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower it was noticed Ship observers and intelligence analysts in the Mediterranean after passing the Strait of Gibraltar en route to the Middle East.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.