By Jana Choukeir and Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT (Reuters) -A gunman fired photographs on the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday and was wounded in an trade of fireside with troops, the Lebanese military stated.
The military stated the attacker, a Syrian nationwide, was taken to hospital for therapy and troopers have been looking out by the realm.
The U.S. Embassy stated small arms fireplace was reported close to its entrance within the morning. The power and workers have been secure, it added.
A safety supply instructed Reuters a member of the embassy’s safety group was wounded within the assault and that Lebanese troopers wounded an attacker within the abdomen.
The embassy lies north of Beirut in a extremely secured zone with a number of checkpoints alongside the path to the doorway. It moved there from Beirut following a suicide assault in 1983 which killed greater than 60 individuals.
In September, photographs have been fired close to the embassy with no accidents reported.
In October, scores of protesters gathered outdoors the embassy to display within the early days of the Gaza conflict, and Lebanese safety forces used tear gasoline and water cannon to repel them.
Lebanon has been the scene of battle between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel since October in parallel to the Gaza conflict. Tens of 1000’s of individuals on each side of the Israel-Lebanon border have been uprooted amid fears that the conflict will deepen.
The US has been making diplomatic efforts to ease violence alongside the border.