Shiite Southern Iraq

An Iraqi official is blaming ISIS for the bombing of two Sunni mosques in a predominantly Shiite city in southern Iraq the previous night, saying the militant group seeks to stoke sectarian tensions.

A rare bombing in mainly Shiite southern Iraq killed at least three people and wounded four others near Umm Qasr port today, police and a hospital source said.

Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah is fighting the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq, its chief Hassan Nasrallah revealed for the first time on Monday in a speech beamed to supporters in southern Beirut.

A car bomb went off near a church during Christmas Mass in the capital's southern Dora neighbourhood, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30.

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.

Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials said.

A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 53 people in the latest sign of a power struggle between rival Muslim sects that has escalated since the American military withdrawal.

Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces.

An Iraqi official is blaming ISIS for the bombing of two Sunni mosques in a predominantly Shiite city in southern Iraq the previous night, saying the militant group seeks to stoke sectarian tensions.

A rare bombing in mainly Shiite southern Iraq killed at least three people and wounded four others near Umm Qasr port today, police and a hospital source said.

Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah is fighting the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq, its chief Hassan Nasrallah revealed for the first time on Monday in a speech beamed to supporters in southern Beirut.

A car bomb went off near a church during Christmas Mass in the capital's southern Dora neighbourhood, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30.

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.

Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials said.

A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 53 people in the latest sign of a power struggle between rival Muslim sects that has escalated since the American military withdrawal.

Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces.