The US is withdrawing some aircraft carriers from the Middle East.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is en route back to the United States after operations in the Middle East, ABC News reported on September 12, citing U.S. officials.

Earlier, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Roosevelt to extend its deployment in the Middle East while the USS Abraham Lincoln was ordered to the region immediately from the Pacific . Both the Lincoln and the Roosevelt have been operating in the area for the past three weeks.

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The U.S. has stepped up security in the region to help protect Israel from the threat of attacks by Iran and its proxy groups, following assassinations for which Tel Aviv is accused.

Since the Hamas-Israel conflict erupted in October 2023, there has always been at least one US aircraft carrier present in the region, and at certain short periods, Washington had two aircraft carriers present simultaneously.

aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt

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For months prior, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight Eisenhower had been stationed in the Red Sea to assist Israel and protect shipping lanes from Houthi attacks in Yemen. The ship returned home after a deployment lasting more than eight months, a record since World War II.

US officials said the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt, based in San Diego, California, and the destroyer USS Daniel Inouye are expected to be in the Indo- Pacific Command's area of ​​responsibility on September 12. Another warship escorting the Roosevelt, the destroyer USS Russell, has left the Middle East and is operating in the South China Sea.

Currently, the US has the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its escort warships in the Gulf of Oman, two destroyers and the submarine USS Georgia in the Red Sea, and many other warships in the eastern Mediterranean.

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