{"id":42127,"date":"2026-04-15T12:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/u-s-sends-thousands-more-troops-to-mideast-as-trump-seeks-to-squeeze-iran-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:16:20","slug":"u-s-sends-thousands-more-troops-to-mideast-as-trump-seeks-to-squeeze-iran-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/u-s-sends-thousands-more-troops-to-mideast-as-trump-seeks-to-squeeze-iran-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNbml3VHdWQUgxOENyRzI0d2FmNURYRTVCbmJKaFF5dnVNUzFmOVY3c3lFaF9lOVhhcHNyYkNTSzZLOU9pc2xzR010LU1ab1FQZFhEN2xQTGRjY0R1Y2NoSkFyU3R0cnVEcWVTNk1tVzZLLXpsY3RmY1JUakVLNDliRlBBTHZVSGpnOEMxNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxOMDFKYS03UlNfY0M3RXhxMHp3SWJRWDUwWFBpT0JudHNqYVlUWkxMN0VPeWhVTndXSnJEa1NUa2ZqVDZ1Y1RjOHlDQk9xRTJlM19pVlptRWpjM01HMzZOa1hFSHpuM21hMmFDUHNTWTRMNERCd1RKeXA4aWc4al9NMFl2c01idGZ3djYyRThEbVJRVy0wdEp1blgwaFh0NUxxSlRjUDhrZWx6MkFUd05pZ0NOLUEyQk10b2NYMzZkYTFxZjRScUw3N2RB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands more US troops head to region with 7 days left in US-Iran ceasefire \u2013 report<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of Israel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNTFp5djdVaDdwUm1RWGJOaEFkVDIyejUzVU44dmFIV29MRlhQVmRudXlqVm0zR1YtUjFFVndpVEdfVTk2MDRDUHRFQklBQ3k1QVVGTEY3Y0pORWp3ekdZNl9Da1N3UE9IamVzN0h1Z3VvV1dTSDJ6OER0akdVYnAtcVBuLVV1YVNMRlJCQmRWZDhZaV9xYkZucHpZVGpOOEpjcUplRWNwLWtRM0ZQaHk1bWhVSzdVRDY5ZGV1bm1B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran war live: Trump says he will permanently open the Strait of Hormuz &#8211; \u2018for China\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxPUk9KVmtvN2l4WnBfdHJqQmFxOU1LU0lnNks1dkI0MGk2WUtWZVBlT1M4QXRnZTVkZm5Bb0lGOFdkV1RWb3M3RTFJcHYxVWxCNHh6UGxqVERzMGt1RWxNSmt3MzJPVVFSOTdLWmQwMXNRNHJaOE42TGlUNFVNYURRY3BibElhZXk4WmUzSUo4V19ZMWhFU1ZfT1lBX2F4T0hsZXhDc0xBQ3NNNnlkZGlyNDlDTlU1TUp6a2NOcnpRRHp3dmRuRGkta3BwV2NUT2I5Z1JMRXJTTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">More U.S. Forces Deploy to Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNVUxPQ2lKY2lzLWVycDB6aDFuMTZCcmttd0ROT0lIeFdpYzVFT3JxcXlNUE9qWFFMYjNubWlsa215YXp0YkstM2dPNUNUUDVwYWpKOHlBX2lxMTJYNTVXTjdyWlNBcjgyaWVNVTJDWTFwd0Z2bUNKVEJyOHRBcXY2VXdXa2FyVjVyd0ZlNk14YkFmLU0xcFJFZXNtbU5JUHFSWXNPYWNndUoteE9jUWZzVkpXOWtLT2dyd0JFdnNwNlBwQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Threat of Escalation in Iran Leaves Thousands of U.S. Forces on High Alert<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Time Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Thousands more US troops head to region with 7 days&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/15\/u-s-sends-thousands-more-troops-to-mideast-as-trump-seeks-to-squeeze-iran-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}