US EditionUS aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say
The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group arrived to enhance U.S. defense and deterrence amid Iran's crackdown on protests, with nearly 6,000 deaths reported by rights groups.
- On Jan 26, 2026, the Nimitz-class carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers arrived in the Middle East under U.S. Central Command, which said the group promotes regional security and stability after being redirected from the South China Sea more than a week earlier.
- After Iran's crackdown, Washington redirected ships from the Asia-Pacific region, with President Donald Trump warning last week that an "armada" was heading toward Iran.
- Escorts to the carrier include Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., USS Spruance and USS Michael Murphy, which carry hundreds of missiles including Tomahawk cruise missiles, while the Pentagon also deployed fighter jets and air-defense systems to the region.
- U.S. officials said the deployment expands America's capacity to defend forces in the region, Iran's foreign ministry warned on Jan 26 of a "comprehensive and regret-inducing response," and the UAE declared it will not permit its territory for attacks on Iran.
- The move significantly increases U.S. firepower in the short term with carrier air wings and strike-group capabilities, adds thousands of additional U.S. service members, and leaves the Western Pacific temporarily without a U.S. carrier.
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The American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived this Monday in the Middle East, in the Persian Gulf. Iran "will not allow a threat to national security (...), even at its earliest stages, to reach the stage of action," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - Cerned by the American armada, Iran warns against any military intervention (International).
The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and his escort group have already arrived in the waters of the Middle East, where they will remain deployed to reinforce the US military presence in the region and in the event that Donald Trump chooses to launch an attack against Iran if the repression against protesters protesting against the regime continues there, as the U.S. president has threatened on several occasions. At the same time, a senior White …
Due to the brutal repression of protests in Iran, the US has moved an aircraft carrier to the region. Now, the "USS Abraham Lincoln" is located with its escort ships in the Indian Ocean. Tehran warns Washington of a blow against the Mullah regime. Against the backdrop of tensions with Iran, the US has reportedly sent an aircraft carrier to the Middle East. "The USS Abraham Lincoln" and its escort ships have arrived there "to promote regional sec…
The US authorities announced on Monday the arrival of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East.
The Central Command of the United States Army (CENTCOM) reported this Monday that the country has...
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