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  • Protecting Palestinians a moral imperative, Pentagon chief tells Israeli counterpart

    U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday it was a moral and strategic imperative to protect Palestinian civilians in the war between Israel and Hamas and that the humanitarian catastrophe in besieged Gaza was getting worse.
    Austin was speaking during a meeting with Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon as relations between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a wartime low.

  • Pentagon not taking Iran-backed militia pause declaration seriously

    A message from an Iran-backed militia to its fighters to suspend attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria hasn’t changed the Pentagon’s calculus for retaliatory strikes following Sunday’s deadly attack on U.S. troops in Jordan, a spokesman told reporters Tuesday.

    The statement from Kataib Hezbollah, first reported by Reuters, came within hours of President Joe Biden telling reporters Tuesday that he had decided on a response to the fatal drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers, one the Defense Department said “has the footprints” of a Kataib Hezbollah operation.

  • After drone attack on U.S. forces in Jordan, Pentagon sees ‘escalation’ but not ‘widening’ of war

    “I wouldn't say that the conflict is spreading … But this attack was certainly escalatory,” Singh told reporters, adding that Iran “bears responsibility” for Sunday’s attack because of the decision to arm the groups that carried out the attack. But she stopped short of saying Iran played a direct role in planning, directing, or approving the strike.

  • Austin leaves intensive care amid growing scrutiny of Pentagon secrecy

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, whose failure to disclose his need for emergency hospitalization has ignited a firestorm, was moved out of intensive care on Monday, as Democrats and Republicans intensified their calls for accountability, and senior officials at the White House and Pentagon struggled to defuse the uproar.

  • Pentagon chief heads to Middle East as attacks on US forces spike

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to the Middle East next week, the Pentagon announced, as the Biden administration works to manage a spike in Iran-backed attacks on American forces in the region and contain the Israel-Hamas conflict.

    The visit will mark the second time Austin has traveled to the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and comes as war rages in Gaza. Austin plans to meet with senior leaders in Bahrain, Qatar and Israel, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday

  • Top Pentagon official for Middle East policy expected to step down

    Dana Stroul, the US deputy assistant secretary of defence for the Middle East, has indicated her intent to leave the Pentagon, a US defence official told The National.

    Ms Stroul, the top official for US policy in the region, has not yet made an announcement.

  • Pentagon says 900 US troops have deployed or are deploying to Middle East amid heightened tensions

    Roughly 900 US troops have been deployed or are deploying to the Middle East amid heightened tensions in the region after a series of attacks on coalition bases that resulted in minor injuries for almost two dozen troops.

    “These include forces that have been on prepare to deploy orders, and which are deploying from the continental United States,” Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Thursday. “Deployed and deploying units include a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery from Fort Bliss Texas, Patriot batteries from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Patriot and Avenger batteries from Fort Liberty, North Carolina, and associated air defense headquarters elements from Fort Bliss and Fort Cavazos, Texas.”

  • Pentagon ramps up Middle East surge

    The Pentagon has scrambled to dispatch significant military might to the Middle East since the terrorist attack on Israel two weeks ago. Pentagon officials say the U.S. is "surging support to Israel," which includes providing the country with air defense and munitions.

  • White House: Iran and Russia in talks on more advanced drones; Pentagon steps up patrols to deter Iran harassment in Strait of Hormuz

    Iran and Russia are in discussions about Iran selling more advanced drones to Russia, the White House alleged on Monday, part of what it called an “unprecedented,” two-way Iranian/Russian military partnership. The U.S. allegations of deepening Iranian/Russian defense collaboration came as the Pentagon said it was stepping up patrols in the Strait of Hormuz to try to deter increasing Iranian harassment and seizure of maritime vessels.

  • In Egypt, Pentagon chief seeks to balance human rights and security

    U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin travelled to Egypt on Wednesday to tell Cairo it wanted to deepen security and other ties but was concerned about human rights in country where activists say government critics are regularly rounded up. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who as army chief led the 2013 ouster of Egypt's first democratically elected president, has cracked down on political dissent, including liberal critics and Islamist opponents.