The U.S. has surged forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East as Trump weighs wider action, adding military options beyond the nine-night airstrike campaign that began on July 7.
President Donald Trump is expected to decide in the coming days whether to expand military action against Iran, with no final decision yet made, according to senior U.S. officials cited earlier by Fox News. The U.S. has now surged forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East to give Trump broader military options as he weighs whether to widen the conflict, according to people familiar with the matter. In the past week, special-operations forces deployed to the region from U.S. bases, flight-tracking data and U.S. officials show. Squadrons of jet fighters have been staged across the Middle East, and bomber aircraft at bases in the U.S. and U.K. have been placed on high alert to ramp up operations. Officials had previously said any renewed campaign would be far larger than the nine-night U.S. airstrike operation that began on July 7, signaling preparations for a potentially more expansive response.