Iraq

At least 18 Dead in suicide attack in Baghdad

Again Baghdad: hundreds of people died in July alone in suicide attacks in the Iraqi capital. After a bloody weekend, an assassin fires to the start of the week a car bomb.

At least 18 people, with the crack of a suicide bomber at a checkpoint North-East of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in the death. According to police reports, the attacker blew himself up at the entrance to the city of Caliph in his explosives-Laden car into the air. More than 30 people were injured.

At least 25 Dead on the weekend

To known the attack no one first. Most recently, the terrorist militia “Islamic state” (IS) has committed numerous attacks in Iraq. Only at the weekend were two explosions, at least 25 people were killed. A suicide bomber tore on Sunday in the capital Baghdad, at least ten people to death.

On Sunday, a terrorist attack occurred in the mainly Shia district Kadhimija also

In the North of the country, attacks met with refugees who had fled the terrorist militia controlled city Scharkat. At least 13 people were killed on Saturday by a suicide bomber and the Detonation of a bomb near the place.

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The bloodiest attack occurred at the beginning of the month, as a car bomb in a popular shopping district in the Stadtetil Al-Karada exploded. More than 280 people were killed in the process. It is the bloodiest attack since the overthrow of long-time ruler Saddam Hussein in 2003.

IS on the Defensive

As the reason for the numerous attacks of the IS experts, see especially the large territorial losses, had to contend with the terrorist organization in the past few months. Finally, the militia lost the since January 2014 controlled city of Fallujah and 60 kilometers from Mosul remote air force base Kajjarah. This military defeat, the jihadists responded with a expansion of its campaign of terror in the cities. Experts warn that the number of attacks could increase.

rk/kle (afp, dpa, rtr)