The US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman with 90 aircraft and being escorted by a group of 5 cruisers and a fleet area heading towards Europe and the Middle East.
In addition, four other ships are believed to be ready in the Mediterranean, including Donald Cook, reporter, Carney and Laboon, along with two nuclear warships Georgia and John Warner.
In the context of increased tensions as US President Donald Trump is considering an airstrike in Syria in response to a chemical attack on Douma town, Dong Ghouta last weekend.
Russia has threatened to shoot down any missile targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces with the S-400 advanced defense system.
President Bashar al-Assad has moved his military equipment to Russian bases in the country in the hope that the US and its allies will not airstrike locations deployed by Russian forces.
The ship at this port, the USS Harry S Truman and its escorts, left the Norfolk Navy Port, Virginia on April 11. The coasters are the cruiser USS Normandy and the destroyers USS Farragut, USS Forrest Sherman, USS Bul bul bul bul bul bul bul bul and USS Arleigh Burke.
In addition, the ships in the main attack group include the presence of FGS Hessen - a state-of-the-art warship, an air defense expert.
US Navy officials said the Hessen is the only ship among Western warships equipped with three types of surface-to-air missiles. It's Radar capable of covering and detecting aerial targets within a range of nearly 400km.
ready to enter the Mediterranean area is the USS Donald Cook, equipped with up to 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
In April last year, Donald Trump ordered the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles to attack the Shayrat air base. These missiles were launched from two US warships in the Mediterranean.
