US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would send some 1,500 soldiers to the Middle East as "protection" amidst a heightened tensions with rival Iran.
"We want to have protection in the Middle East. We're going to be sending a relatively small number of troops," Trump said.
"Right now, I don't think Iran wants to fight. And I certainly don't think they want to fight with us," he added.
The Trump administration had notified Congress earlier on Friday about the troop plans.
Rhetoric between Tehran and Washington has become increasingly hostile since Trump imposed new sanctions in the past few weeks, with the aim of forcing Iran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear deal that the president pulled the US out of.
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