US Baghdad embassy comes under rocket attack (+VIDEO)

Iraqi sources say at least three Katyusha rockets have landed within the highly fortified Green Zone in the capital Baghdad whose apparent target has been the US embassy in the vicinity.

The rockets landed close to the US diplomatic mission, two Iraqi security sources were quoted by Reuters as saying, causing sirens blaring within the compound without any casualties apart from some material damage, PressTV reported.

One of the rockets was diverted by an anti-rocket system set up to defend the embassy, said a security official whose office is inside the Green House.

AFP reporters in the Iraqi capital's east said they had heard at least five booms, followed by whistling sounds.

A security source told AFP that at least three rockets hit near the US diplomatic mission, while two others hit separate residential neighborhoods.

Following the attack, the Iraqi military said in a statement that an "outlaw group" had fired rockets at Baghdad's Green Zone, Reuters reported.

The rockets hit a residential complex inside the Green Zone, damaging buildings and cars, but causing no casualties, the statement added.