An American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East.

The American military has ordered 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East.

BAGHDAD: The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed two members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources…

An American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East.

The sprawling embassy complex, one of the largest U.S. diplomatic facilities in the world, has been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones fired by Iran-aligned militias.

A drone struck the US embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security official said.

The war, which shows no signs of ending soon, has upended global air travel, disrupted oil exports from the region and sent fuel prices rising across the world.