WaPo: U.S. Sends Thousands More Troops to Mideast Amid War

About this episode

The episode discusses the U.S. military's increased presence in the Middle East amid tensions with Iran over shipping threats.

Iran’s military has threatened shipping in the Red Sea if the US continues its blockade of Iranian ports. The US Central Command said the blockade had “completely halted” Tehran’s economic sea trade, while Iranian media reported four vessels had traveled to and from the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Laura Coates

Topics covered

• military deployment
• Middle East conflict
• Iran
• U.S. foreign policy
• shipping threats

Keywords

• U.S. troops
• Iran
• Red Sea
• military
• blockade
• shipping
• Tehran
• Central Command

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran, US Central Command

Places: Red Sea, U.S., Tehran, Iran

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