US sends 3,000 more army troops to Middle East

04 January 2020 Current Affairs:The United States of America around 3,000 army troops to the Middle East killing of Iranian Commander Qasem Soleimani ordered by President Donald Trump. They are in addition to about 700 soldiers who were deployed in Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad. Donald Trump administration sent 14,000 additional troops to the Mideast since May when it first publicly claimed Iran is planning attacks on US interests. The escalation in the conflict between Washington and Iran. The execution of Iranian Commander Qasem Soleimani by US military aimed to stop a war and not to start a war. The Qassem was plotting attacks on US diplomats and military personnel. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the strike as wholly lawful that Soleimani posed an imminent threat against the United States and its interests in the region. Pompeo called world leaders to explain and defend Trump’s decision to order the airstrike. The United States and Iran have faced repeated crises since Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal and imposed crippling sanctions. The United States urged its citizens to leave Iraq immediately as fears mounted that the strike and any retaliation by Iran could ignite a conflict that engulfs the region.