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Special Operations Forces Sent to Mideast as Trump Weighs Next Move

The commandos have not been assigned specific roles. But President Trump has expressed concern about the now-closed Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s store of enriched uranium.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Marines training in Okinawa, Japan, last year. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have been sent to the Middle East, though it is unclear what they will be used for.

A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain.

A wave of strikes across the Middle East in recent days shows that Iran has not lost the capacity to retaliate.

© Amit Elkayam for The New York Times

Emergency responders at the site of a strike in the town of Eshtaol, Israel, on Saturday.
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