US military activity in the region intensifies: F-15 and EA-18 fighter jets have been spotted at Muwaffaq Salti military base in Jordan, while cargo, refueling, and communication aircraft move from the US and Europe to the Middle East.

The American military buildup comes amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials, in which "progress was made" on Tuesday in Geneva, a US official told The Post.

The US military is continuing a significant buildup of air and naval assets in the Middle East as negotiations over a deal with Iran continued with talks in Geneva on Tuesday. The pieces are being moved into place both to pressure Tehran as terms of a deal are discussed and to have options to strike inside the country should negotiations over its nuclear program fail,

The United States will deploy 200 troops to Nigeria to train its armed forces in their fight against jihadist groups, Nigerian and US officials said, as Washington increases military cooperation with the West African country.

Nigerian authorities say the United States is sending troops to Nigeria to train the West African country's military in combating extremism as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north.

U.S. threats to bomb Iran, with the two sides far apart in talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, have ‌pushed up oil prices and a Russian ‌corvette on Thursday joined planned Iranian naval drills in the Gulf of Oman,

Sources said the United States is also strengthening the air defence system, which is being observed as preparation to respond to Iran's retaliatory action.

The US has amassed a vast military force in the Middle East as President Donald Trump warned Iran to reach a deal within a “maximum” of 15 days or “bad things will happen”. The American build-up is enough to sustain a weeks-long air campaign,