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At least 42 people killed in Iraq in suicide attacks

Iraqi officials said at least 42 people have been killed in two separate suicide bomb attacks, according to AP. The deadliest of the two happened at the marketplace of the capital of Diyala province, Baquba, located 60klm northwest of Baghdad. Police said a suicide car bomb tore through a marketplace, ending the lives of 35 people and wounding 72.

Mainly ethnic Turkmen town Telafer in north Iraq falls to ISIL militants: Official

The strategic mainly ethnic Turkmen town of Telafer in north of Iraq has completely fallen to Sunni Arab militants after days of heavy fighting, a local official and witnesses said on June 23.

"The town of Telafer and the airport... are completely under the control of the militants," the official said on condition of anoymity.

ISIL militants attack ethnic Turkmen village of Basheer near Kirkuk, approach to Baghdad

Sunni Muslim militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked a northern Iraqi village inhabited by Shiite ethnic Turkmens but were repelled, police said on June 17, highlighting an upsurge of sectarian violence after stunning advances by jihadi fighters.