Iraq Attacks Death Toll

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.

Two more children have died of wounds sustained in a suspected jihadist chemical attack last week in Iraq, a local official said Friday, raising the death toll to three.

Iraq's election commission said on Saturday the results from last month's general election would finally be released within days as nationwide attacks pushed this year's death toll to more than 3,500.

A series of car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 100 today, with one near the "Green Zone" diplomatic complex, fuelling a death toll that has soared since the beginning of the year to levels not seen since 2008.

The death toll from a wave of attacks in Iraq mostly targeting Shiites in packed markets rose to 57, officials said on Wednesday, marking a second day of brutal violence against the sect.

The death toll in Iraq violence has gone up to 45 after more attacks on Tuesday evening, the latest in a spate of unrest sparking concerns the country could be sliding back to all-out sectarian war.

A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.

A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraq killed at least 55 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in what Iraqi officials called "frantic attempts" by insurgents to show civilians that their country was doomed to violence for years to come. The apparently coordinated bombings and shootings unfolded over hours in the...

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.

Two more children have died of wounds sustained in a suspected jihadist chemical attack last week in Iraq, a local official said Friday, raising the death toll to three.

Iraq's election commission said on Saturday the results from last month's general election would finally be released within days as nationwide attacks pushed this year's death toll to more than 3,500.

A series of car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 100 today, with one near the "Green Zone" diplomatic complex, fuelling a death toll that has soared since the beginning of the year to levels not seen since 2008.

The death toll from a wave of attacks in Iraq mostly targeting Shiites in packed markets rose to 57, officials said on Wednesday, marking a second day of brutal violence against the sect.

The death toll in Iraq violence has gone up to 45 after more attacks on Tuesday evening, the latest in a spate of unrest sparking concerns the country could be sliding back to all-out sectarian war.

A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.

A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraq killed at least 55 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in what Iraqi officials called "frantic attempts" by insurgents to show civilians that their country was doomed to violence for years to come. The apparently coordinated bombings and shootings unfolded over hours in the...