The third US aircraft carrier returns to the Middle East after the congressional elections

Both WSJ and Axios report that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt left its home port in San Diego on Sunday. On Monday, further units, including a landing ship, went to sea.

Currently, the USS George H.W. aircraft carriers are stationed in the Middle East. Bush and the USS George Washington. "WSJ" notes that if they remain in the region after the arrival of the third aircraft carrier, it will be the first time since April that the US has had three strike groups there. As the daily adds, citing a representative of the authorities, new forces, numbering approximately 9-10 thousand. soldiers, will join over 50 thousand American servicemen already in the Middle East.

The Axios website, also based on information from an American official, notes that it is still unclear whether the USS Theodore Roosevelt will replace one of the current units or will be used in addition.

These reports fuel speculation that the US may launch new attacks on Iran after the November congressional elections. When asked about this possibility in an interview for Time magazine, US President Donald Trump replied briefly: "possible."

Indirect talks between the US and Iran, undertaken at the end of September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, did not bring a diplomatic breakthrough in the war that has been going on since February 28.