If you click on the social media posts below, you can translate. Below the post, captions reads, “The walls of the Green Zone.”
أسوار المنطقة الخضراء في #بغداد .#العراق pic.twitter.com/ypwHshX9aZ
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
A video shows the storming of the #Wasit Governorate Council by followers of the Sadrist movement.#Iraq pic.twitter.com/67kNCEEDhG
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
Things quickly escalated…
The situation inside the Republican Palace in the #Green_Zone after the riot police arrived.#Baghdad, #Iraq pic.twitter.com/XeoBlm0BaS
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
Militants affiliated with the #Sadrist movement spread in #Basra.#Iraq pic.twitter.com/VpV2gs0L5G
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
Gunfire has been heard in the #Green_Zone.#Baghdad #Iraq pic.twitter.com/QyXLRyIahx
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
Small arms and gunfire continued to be heard in the area.
سُمعت أصوات إطلاق نار في محيط مقر #الحشد_الشعبي في #المنطقة_الخضراء ببغداد.#بغداد #العراق pic.twitter.com/VQa7RFonQM
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
Iraq security forces did expel the skirmishers.
The security forces tighten the noose around the followers of the Sadrist movement in the #Green_Zone to force them to leave it.#Iraq pic.twitter.com/Zgb4vRv0VG
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
A reporter on the ground claimed that the USA and the UN had evacuated.
Footage from the US Embassy compound in Baghdad.
Looks identical! #Iraq #Afghanistan #Vietnam pic.twitter.com/pfxwDMwuPy— Baxtiyar Goran ️ (@BaxtiyarGoran) August 29, 2022
The US embassy employees have been evacuated from the #Green_Zone by the helicopter.#Baghdad, #Iraq pic.twitter.com/HLZerzb0ja
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
However, the State Department announced that personnel was not evacuated.
State Dept says reports the US evacuated its Embassy in Baghdad are false.
From a State Department Spokesperson:
•These reports are false.
•As a matter of policy, we do not comment on matters involving internal security.— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) August 29, 2022
Keep in mind this is the Biden administration, so you never know what is actually going on.
#United_Nations vehicles leave the Green Zone.#Baghdad, #Iraq pic.twitter.com/O9kQoDOqjh
— خالد اسكيف (@khalediskef) August 29, 2022
Joint Operations Command has announced in the city until further notice.
This is a developing story and it will be updated as more information becomes available.
