US President Donald Trump has described the assistance Ukraine is providing to countries in the Middle East as political PR by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

By Jana Choukeir, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - Israel and Iran attacked each other on Saturday as the U.S. was sending thousands more Marines to the Middle East and President Donald Trump accused NATO allies of cowardice over their reluctance to help open the Strait of Hormuz.

Macron calls for Middle East de-escalation while Trump and Israel push military pressure against Iran, exposing growing diplomatic rifts over regional strategy.

President Trump contemplates reducing military operations in the Middle East as the U.S. increases troop deployment amidst ongoing regional conflict and rising oil prices.

Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened on Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as the US announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region.

President Donald Trump will be present when the remains of six U.S. service members return from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

President Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” the world’s largest gas field, as Israeli strikes spark Iranian retaliation and fears of further economic shocks. Follow for live updates.

Trump honors six US troops killed in Middle East plane crash at closed-press dignified transfer - Trump was hit with backlash after attending another dignified transfer for soldiers killed in the war