USS San Antonio (LPD 17) The US military warships are reportedly staying in the eastern Mediterranean as President Barack Obama is waiting for a congressional approval to attack Syria. A defense official told Politico that the five American guided-missile destroyers and one amphibious transport are going to continue to stay in place for now. The USS Stout, USS Gravely, USS Mahan, USS Barry and USS... 

The United States is sending a fifth warship towards Syria, defense officials said Thursday, upping the ante as a showdown between the US and President Bashar al-Assad’s regime remains all but declared. A 505-foot-long guided missile destroyer, the USS Stout, has been sent to the Mediterranean Sea to assist the four US warships already deployed to await potential orders to strike Syria amid an international...