4 mortar rounds hit Green Zone in Iraq's Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Four mortar rounds on Sunday landed on the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said.

The incident took place in the evening when four mortar rounds hit the zone, which houses some of the main offices of the Iraqi government and the U.S. embassy, the official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

"One of the rounds landed at the bank of Tigris River close to the U.S. embassy," the source said. Enditem