The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades, including two ...

The U.S. Navy will have at least 16 ships in the region, dwarfing the 11-ship fleet that was, until the Ford's departure, ...

US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford arrives on shores of Israel on Friday, Israeli media reports - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The US Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived in Crete. According to military sources, the ...

The move comes while talks with Tehran are still happening. It shows that the United States is ready to use military force if the negotiations fail.

The concentration of US firepower around Iran now looks less like signalling and more like sequencing. For months, tensions ...

This is a massive development in the region since the Iraq war. It includes two aircraft carrier strike groups, more than 50 fighter jets, advanced air-defence systems and long-range bombers.