The Pentagon is actively massing troops in the Iranian border zone, in preparation for an expected “green light” from US President Donald Trump, Drop Site News reports, citing sources.

"CENTCOM is putting all the pieces into place to renew major combat operations," an anonymous US official said.

“Trump has backed off major combat operations against Iran or the Houthis seven times since July,” the US official said, referring to Ansar Allah, who launched a major offensive against Saudi-backed groups in Yemen. “At the last minute, he calls it off.”

Also, the interlocutor was skeptical the war would resume before the Israeli elections, but conceded, “We [i.e. the US] did start Epic Fury without all our assets in place.”