The US president had weighed a multistage bombing campaign against Iranian military, energy and nuclear targets, but advisers warned that heavier fighting could drain Patriot stocks, expose Gulf bases to retaliation and deepen the region’s energy and refugee crises

As US President Donald Trump escalates his war on Iran, American special forces, medics, weapons and warplanes are surging into the Middle East as Washington gears up for major…

US President Donald Trump is losing patience with Iran and has moved a staggering amount of war machinery, including squadrons of fighter bombers, heavy bombers, special forces…