The US embassy in Baghdad has come under rocket attacks as anti-US sentiments run high over Washington’s support for Israeli bloodshed of the Palestinians in Gaza.

The security agencies in Lebanon have launched investigation into a late-night shooting heard neat the US embassy in Antelias, 5 kilometers to the north of the capital Beirut.

A group of staffers at the US embassy in Iraq have been expelled from the mission as they intended to attend the ceremony held in martyrdom anniversary of the counter-terrorism commanders Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Muhandis assassinated in a US operation near Baghdad Airport in early January 2020.