The conflict in the Middle East has entered a third week, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while the U.S. defense department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.

The KC-135 tanker was involved in an apparent accident with another KC-135. The other aircraft landed safely, officials said.

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Iran has warned people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates, including the busiest in the Middle East, as its war with the U.S. and Israel enters its third week

The United States is sending a 2,500-strong Marine expeditionary force to the Middle East, a U.S. official said, as President Donald Trump declared he would end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran "when I feel it in my bones.

The U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has been struck again, and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the war enters its third week.

Iran openly threatened a neighboring country's non-U.S. assets for the first time Saturday, warning people to immediately evacuate the busiest port in the Middle East and two others in the United Arab Emirates as the U.

The U.S. Central Command said that two aircraft were involved in the incident, with one crashing and the other landing safely.