The embassy, in a statement, asked U.S. citizens currently in Iraq to stay indoors and take shelter from falling projectiles.

“In observance of the Liberation of Iraq from IS anniversary on December 10, residents of Baghdad should anticipate fireworks and celebratory gunfire throughout the city, to include the International Zone,” the alert said.

Last year, Iraqi officials declared that IS military presence in the country had been neutralized following a three-year conflict with the army backed by the U.S.-led coalition.

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