WASHINGTON — The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has entered Middle Eastern waters, a US official told Al-Monitor. 

The carrier, carrying F/A-18 and F-35 squadrons and accompanied by multiple destroyers, was redirected to the region earlier this month as US President Donald Trump weighs options with top White House advisers regarding possible strikes on Iran.

Its presence reinforces at least three F-15 squadrons already stationed nearby, along with additional US air defense batteries deployed in recent weeks. Other US Navy guided-missile destroyers have been positioned in the Gulf and the Red Sea.

Trump repeatedly threatened earlier this month to strike Iran's government for its violent........

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