Iraq Twin Bomb Blasts

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  Bombs Kill 7 Near Iranian Kurdish Party Head Quarters In Iraq: Official

  Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people on Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.

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  Death Toll From Baghdad Blast Rises To 250: Iraq's Health Ministry

  The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 250, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

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  Iraq Executes 5 After Devastating Baghdad Blast: Ministry

  Iraq executed five convicts on Monday, the justice ministry said, linking the timing of the executions to the Baghdad suicide bombing the previous day that killed more than 200 people.

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  Nearly 120 Killed In Overnight Baghdad Bombings Claimed By ISIS

  Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.

• Twin Car Bombs Kill At Least 13 in Central Baghdad: Police

  Two suicide car bombs exploded seconds and a few hundred metres (yards) apart in a busy area of central Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 13 people, police and medical sources said.

• Iraq political rally bombings kill 33: officials

  The death toll from twin jihadist bombings that struck a Shiite political rally in the Iraqi capital ahead of next week's parliamentary election has risen to 33, officials said on Saturday.

• Baghdad election rally blasts kill 28: Iraq interior ministry

  Twin bombings at a Shiite political party's rally in Baghdad killed 28 people on Friday, a security spokesman said, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.

• Twin blasts kill 13 people in Iraq: officials

  Two roadside bombs exploded on the edge of the north Iraq town of Tuz Khurmatu today, killing at least 13 people, most of them children.

• Twin car bomb blasts kill 23 in Iraq, say officials

  Iraqi officials say bomb blasts at a market north of Baghdad and another on the outskirts of the capital have killed 23 people.

• Roadside bombs kill 14 north of Baghdad: police

  Twin roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 26, police said, the latest in a wave of summer attacks close to the capital Baghdad.

• Militants target Iraq security forces as 40 killed

  Militants killed 25 Iraqi security forces in a wave of attacks on Thursday, and 15 other people died in other attacks including 10 mourners in twin bombings, officials said.

• Toll in Baghdad suicide bombs up to 31 dead: officials

  Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.

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  Blasts kill 35 at height of Iraq Shiite pilgrimage

  A twin car bombing on Friday tore through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims packing a highway as they walked to a holy city south of Baghdad for a major religious observance, killing at least 35 people.

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  Al-Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for Baghdad attacks

  Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings that killed at least 155 people.

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  Over 140 killed in twin car blasts in Baghdad

  The bombs targeted two government buildings and called into question Iraq's ability to protect its people as US forces withdraw.