Terrorist incidents in Iraq

Suicide Truck Bomb Leaves at Least 47 People Dead in Iraq

At least 47 people were killed and many other injured as a suicide bomber driving a truck full of explosives attacked a security checkpoint on a strategic motorway near the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad on Sunday.

According to the BBC, thirty nine of the dead were civilians, with the rest being police officers.

Bombs kill 22 at army checkpoint in Syria's Homs: State TV

At least 22 people were killed in a double suicide bomb attack at an army checkpoint in the western Syrian city of Homs on Jan. 26, state media said.

In a breaking news alert, state television said 100 people had also been injured in the blasts in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the city, which has been targeted in bomb attacks multiple times before.

Multiple jihadist attacks kill more than 30 in Iraq

Jihadist gunmen and bombers killed at least 12 people in a busy market area of Baghdad, while a double blast at a cafe north of the Iraqi capital claimed another 20 lives.

An attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and involving suicide explosions, gunfights and hostage-taking wreaked chaos in the eastern neighborhood of Baghdad al-Jadida.

Multiple explosions at Syrian city of Homs, reports of 30 dead (pics)

Preliminary reports from an explosion at  the Syrian city of Homs points to over 30 killed and dozens injured in a triple explosion in the city’s center. A police source said that a suicide bomber blew himself up, followed by a car bomb explosion and the detonation of another explosive device.

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