US deploys 2,000 paratroopers from ‘Immediate Response Force’ to Middle East amid escalation: Report
The Pentagon has ordered about 2,000 soldiers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to begin moving to the Middle East, offering President Donald Trump additional military options as he considers a new diplomatic initiative with Iran, two Defence Department officials said Tuesday.The troops are part of the division’s “Immediate Response Force,” a brigade of…