There are multiple unconfirmed reports of rocket explosions in the Green Zone near the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

Some of the unconfirmed reports say there is a rocket attack on the embassy (or that mortars are also being used), but there has been no official word from the US.

UPDATE: 2:00 PM CST May 19 2019

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Three mortar shells landed inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone Thursday overnight, just after midnight local time, the Iraqi military confirmed in a statement on Friday.

The mortars landed on an “abandoned lot,” resulting in “no casualties or physical damage,” the statement said.

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which follows days of violent protests in Iraq’s oil-rich city of Basra over the lack of public services and widespread corruption in government institutions.

A security source inside the Green Zone said the mortars landed near the Egyptian and US embassies.

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So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which follows days of violent protests in Iraq’s oil-rich city of Basra over the lack of public services and widespread corruption in government institutions.

Sirens were heard at the US Embassy following the mortar attack, local Iraqi media outlets reported.

The US Embassy in Baghdad has been mostly evacuated after the US State Department last week ordered all non-emergency personnel at the embassy to leave Iraq.

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