Diyala campaign
Bomb attacks in Iraq's Diyala kill at least 33: Police
Three explosions, two of them suicide car bombs claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group, killed at least 33 people in Iraq's restive Diyala province on August 10, police and medics said.
Iraq football pitch blasts kill four: Security sources
Bombs went off during a local football game in Iraq's restive Diyala province on July 27, killing at least four people, security officials said.
43 killed in suicide attack in Yemeni capital
A powerful suicide bombing in the Yemeni capital on Oct. 9 killed at least 43 people in an attack on supporters of Shiite insurgents who have overrun the city, medics said
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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.