Pentagon Confirms Extra Troops Heading to Middle East

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deploy from Pope Army Airfield, N.C., on Jan. 1, 2020. Capt. Robyn Haake/US ARMY/AFP via Getty Images

The United States is sending additional troops to the Middle East, the Department of Defense confirmed on Jan. 3.

“As previously announced, the Immediate Response Force (IRF) brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division was alerted to prepare for deployment, and are now being deployed,” a Department of Defense spokesman said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times.