The US says it is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East | News in brief

According to the US Department of Defense, it is a small number of additional troops to complement those already in the region.

The United States is sending additional troops to the Middle East due to increased tensions in the region, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Today, Israel has already struck more than a thousand targets of the extremist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, killing almost three hundred people and wounding more than a thousand.

According to the US Department of Defense, it is a small number of additional troops to complement those already in the region. Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told about it in a meeting with journalists. He also said that the United States considers the situation dangerous.

The United States has thousands of troops, warships, fighter jets and air defense systems in the region to protect its own forces and Israel.

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