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July 18, 2019

U.S. to Deploy 500 Troops to Saudi Air Base
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Meanwhile, the White House said Wednesday it will deploy 500 U.S. troops
to the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia as President Trump
continues to ratchet up tensions with the kingdom's main regional rival,
Iran. This comes as Iranian state television said today its
Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker in the
Strait of Hormuz, with 12 crew members on board. Iran accuses the
sailors of illegally smuggling hundreds of thousands of gallons of
Iranian fuel to foreign customers.


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