Washington to deploying more troops to middle east after attack on oil

The Pentagon will deploy U.S. forces to the Middle East on the heels of the Iranian attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Friday.
“The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense,” Esper said, adding that Saudi Arabia requested the support.
The strikes on the world’s largest crude-processing plant and oil field forced the kingdom to shut down half of its production operations.