Kataeb Hezbollah, a hardline pro-Iran faction in Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi military network, warned Iraqi troops to keep their distance from US-forces at military bases. "We ask security forces in the country to get atleast 1,000-meters away from US bases starting on Sunday at 5:00pm," said the group. Mortar rounds hit an area near the US-embassy in Baghdad on Saturday-evening, security sources told AFP.