# US moves around 9,000 troops to the Middle East as Trump weighs new attacks on Iran

https://mins.news/en/item/82561

- TRT World, 2026-10-01 21:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/da052875351a

> The United States is moving about 9,000 troops aboard ships to the Middle East as Trump considers launching new attacks on Iran. Loved ones and fellow service members farewelled the USS George H.W. Bush as it departed Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

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