Iraq Blasts

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  10 Killed, 14 Injured In Iraq Roadside Bomb Attack

  At least 10 people were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack with roadside bombs and gunfire on a vehicle and rescuers in Iraq's eastern Diyala province on Thursday evening, two security sources said.

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  Iraq Market Bombing Claimed By ISIS Kills Nearly 36 On Eve Of Eid Holiday

  Iraq was in mourning on Tuesday for at least 36 people killed when a bomb ripped through a crowded Baghdad market in what the Islamic State group's jihadists claimed as a suicide attack.

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  Car Bombing In Iraq's Baghdad Leaves 29 Dead, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  Iraqi officials have raised the death toll from a car bombing in a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad to at least 29 people killed.

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  Baghdad Bombing Kills 47, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  The ISIS today claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bomb blast that killed at least 47 people Sunday south of Baghdad.

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  Bomb Attack on Shi'ite Pilgrims in Baghdad Kills 7: Sources

  A suicide bomber killed seven people, including two police, in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession on Monday in a northern Baghdad neighbourhood, police and medical sources said.

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  Islamic State Claims Deadly US Consulate Blast in Iraq

  The Islamic State group claimed Saturday a bombing near the US consulate in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region a day earlier that killed two Turks.

• Separate bombings in Iraq kill at least 20

  A series of bombings on Thursday struck commercial areas in central Iraq, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding about 60, authorities said.

• 21 militants killed by own car bomb in Iraq: security

  A car bomb mistakenly went off in a militant compound north of Baghdad on Monday, killing 21 insurgents including a suicide bomber, an anti-Qaeda militia leader and a police officer said.

• Explosions rock Iraqi capital, killing at least 34

  Multiple explosions rocked Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and sending plumes of smoke into the sky across the street from a major government building in a brazen reminder of the ability of insurgents to penetrate the heart of the capital.

• Four bombs hit central Baghdad, killing 13

  Four bombs struck near Baghdad's heavily-fortified "Green Zone" and a busy square in the centre of the capital on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, security sources said.

• Suicide bombers kill 36 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq: police

  Suicide bombings in Iraq killed at least 36 people on Thursday in attacks targeting Shi'ite pilgrims ahead of a major holy day next week, police said.

• Bombings, shootings kill at least 17 people in Iraq

  At least 17 people, most of them Shi'ite Muslims, were killed in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq on Saturday ahead of a major Shi'ite ritual, medical and police sources said.

• Series of ten blasts hits Baghdad, death toll rises to 62

  Ten bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 41 people today, while 20 died in bombings and shootings elsewhere in Iraq, officials said.

• Series of bomb blasts in Iraq kills 49

  Ten cars rigged with explosives blew up in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim areas in and around Baghdad today, and a suicide bomber attacked soldiers queuing up for their pay in northern Iraq, killing 49 people in total, police said.

• Iraq PM warns of 'war of genocide' as attacks kill 49

  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Wednesday that the country is facing a "war of genocide," as officials said militants killed 49 people in two days of attacks.