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Iraqis inspect the damage at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on 3 July, 2016 in Baghdad’s central Karrada district. Picture: AFP.

Iraqs army

Suicide bomber kills 7, wounds 28 in Baghdad - police say

By Reuters

The explosion happened in Iskan, a mostly Shi’ite district in the west of the Iraqi capital.

  • FILE: A Kurdish peshmerga fighter looks at smoke rising in the horizon following US airstrikes targeting Islamic State (IS) militants at Mosul Dam on 18 August 2014. Picture: AFP

    Kurdish forces launch fresh thrust to retake Mosul from Islamic State

    Mosul is the largest urban center under the militants’ control & had a pre-war population of 2 million.

    2109 days ago
  • Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Picture: AFP.

    Going to war in Iraq was the hardest decision - Blair

    Blair relied on flawed intelligence & determined the way the war was authorised was unsatisfactory.

    2148 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Over 22 killed, 70 wounded, in two bombings in Baghdad

    The attacks come as Iraqi forces are trying to dislodge Islamic State militants from Falluja.

    2176 days ago
  • An Islamic State group flag and banner in Iraq. Picture: AFP.

    Fear for civilians as Islamic State halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja

    Falluja is believed to be the base from which Isis waged a campaign of suicide bombings.

    2184 days ago
  • Members of Iraqi Shiite military factions. Picture: AFP.

    Heavy fighting as Iraqi forces try to surround Falluja

    Iraq troops made gains in north of Falluja but their efforts to seal off Isis militants met heavy resistance.

    2515 days ago
  • FILE: Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit to obstruct an assault by Shi'ite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers trying to drive them from the Sunni Muslim city and surrounding towns, a witness said. Picture: EPA

    Islamic State torches oil field near Tikrit as militia advance

    IS fighters ignited the fire at the Ajil oil field to shield themselves from attack by the Iraqi military.

    2637 days ago
  • FILE: Iraqi soldiers advance through a village in 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Iraq army and Shi'ite militias launch attacks in Iraq

    The offensive is the biggest in the province since the Sunni Islamist radicals seized land last June.

    2641 days ago
  • FILE: President Barack Obama authorised air strikes to blunt the onslaught of militants in northern Iraq. Picture: AFP.

    Obama authorises airstrikes in Iraq

    Obama approved targeted use of air power to blunt the onslaught of Islamic State militants.

    2847 days ago
  • US President Barack Obama. Picture: AFP.

    Obama sends US military advisers to Iraq

    Iraq forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country’s biggest refinery.

    2896 days ago
  • Kurdish Iraqi Peshmerga forces deploy their troops and armoured vehicles on the outskirts of the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk, only 1 km away from areas controlled by Sunni Muslim Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in northern Iraq on 12 June, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric urges rebels to fight

    A message from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said people should unite to fight back against militants.

    2902 days ago
  • FILE:A US official said the United States had been flying surveillance drones over Iraq to help it fight the ISIL. Picture: AFP.

    Obama warns US will take action in Iraq

    A US official said the United States had been flying surveillance drones over Iraq to help it fight the ISIL.

    2903 days ago
  • FILE:Authorities said 50 people were killed on Monday as suicide bombers attacked a political rally. Picture: AFP.

    Iraq: 50 killed in bomb attack on rally

    Authorities said 50 people were killed on Monday as suicide bombers attacked a political rally.

    2948 days ago
  • FILE: Iraqis look at the remains of a car bomb that detonated in the Kamaliya area of eastern Baghdad on 20 May 2013. Picture: AFP

    Suicide bomber kills 25 in Iraq

    Nearly 600 people have been killed in militant attacks across Iraq so far this month.

    3228 days ago
  • The Islamic State of Iraq says "peace and patience" are useless for dealing with the Shi'ite-led government. Picture: AFP

    'Iraqi Sunni protesters must take up arms'

    Islamic State of Iraq says "peace and patience" are useless for dealing with the Shi'ite-led government.

    3400 days ago
  • This file picture shows what was left of a car that was driven by a Nigerian suicide bomber. Picture: AFP

    Suicide car bomber kills 27 in Iraq

    A suicide bomber driving a car killed at least 27 Shi'ite Muslims at a bus station in Mussayab.

    3428 days ago
  • FILE PICTURE: Bomb attack in Iraq.

    Blasts in Iraq kill more than 70

    More than 70 people have been killed after a series of bomb attacks across Iraq.

    3568 days ago
  • Hundreds admitted to hospital following coordinated blasts in Iraq. Picture: AFP

    107 killed in Iraq attacks

    At least 107 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Monday.

    3592 days ago
  • Syrian flag. Picture: AFP

    'Al Qaeda members crossing into Syria'

    Iraq says it has information that militants loyal to al Qaeda are crossing from Iraq into Syria.

    3610 days ago
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