U.S. Central Command has confirmed that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group has arrived in the Middle East, coinciding with President Trump publicly mulling military action in the region due to the civil unrest in Iran.

The United States has deployed significant military assets to the Middle East, increasing pressure on Iran and raising the risk of a conflict that could engulf the wider region.

US military's CENTCOM launches air exercise as Washington shifts significant forces to region to enable possible strike on Iran after regime's devastating crackdown on protesters The post Amid Iran tensions,

Two Iranian-backed militias in the Mideast are signaling their willingness to launch new attacks, likely trying to back Iran, as officials acknowledged the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier to the region Monday.

While no U.S. aircraft-carrier strike group is in the Middle East, U.S. officials insist there are sufficient military assets in the region to strike Iran.

A U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets will arrive in the Middle East region in the coming ​days, two officials said on Thursday, even as President Donald Trump voices hopes of avoiding new military action against Iran.

NORAD said that the aircraft will arrive at the base to support various long-planned activities. They also said that this action is taken in coordination with Denmark and Greenland.

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The plane, part of a secret U.S. fleet used in surveillance operations, also was carrying munitions in the fuselage, rather than beneath the aircraft, raising questions about the extent to which the operation was disguised in ways that run contrary to military protocol.