Iraq bomb attacks
Iraqi forces capture historic Mosul mosque
Taking the Grand al-Nuri Mosque hands a symbolic victory to the Iraqi forces which have been battling for more than eight month to capture Mosul.
Three policemen and three of the assailants were killed in the attack, he said. Police gave chase but the assailants managed to escape, he said.
The explosion went off inside a tent filled with people taking part in Shi’ite Ashura rituals.
In November, 888 Iraqis were killed and 1,237 injured in acts of terrorism.
The attacker also wounded 60 Shia militiamen, who had helped govt forces retake Jurf al-Sakhkar.
Authorities said 50 people were killed on Monday as suicide bombers attacked a political rally.
Four bombs struck near the heavily-fortified Green Zone and a busy square in the centre of Baghdad.
The army is locked in a standoff with Sunni militants who assailed Falluja, a city west of Baghdad.
Police said a total of 76 people had been wounded in four attacks on Monday evening.
The man blew up an explosive in a crowd of pilgrims, mainly Shi’ite Kurds.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
Iraq’s sectarian violence has claimed more than 6,000 lives across the country this year.
Iraq has been embroiled in sectarian violence sparked by a civil war in Syria.
The ongoing sectarian violence in Iraq has seen more than 800 people killed in August.
A total of 91 people were killed in Iraqi bombings.
A series of car bombs across the country have killed 64 and wounded several people.
Car bombs and a suicide blast have killed 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion.
A suicide bomber and gunmen disguised in police uniforms killed at least 33 people in Kirkuk.
The death toll at the coordinated bomb attacks hitting Iraq has risen to 32.