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A bulldozer clears the wreckage following a car bomb attack in Sadr City. – AFP

Bomb-Laden Car Kills At least 10 in Baghdad Market

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 28, 2017 | Middle East

A car bomb exploded in a market in the Iraqi capital district of Sadr City on Monday killing 11 people and wounding another 26, security officials and medical sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but terror group ISIS has...

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People gather at the site of a car bomb attack at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, Iraq January 8, 2017. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

ISIS Suicide Car Bomb Kills 13 in Eastern Baghdad

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 8, 2017 | Middle East

A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car Sunday at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 13 civilians and wounding more than 50, police and medical sources said, the latest in a recent bout of violence claimed by ISIS group. Interior...

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People gather at the site of suicide blasts in Baghdad’s Sadr City February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

Protests at Sadr City, Iraq Demanding Execution of 300 Terror Convicts

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 12, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Hundreds of Iraqi citizens organized on Monday dawn an open protest which marched at the Talibiya area near Sadr city entrance, Iraq. Main streets were cut off, slogans and banners were raised in demand of authorities serving 300 convicted terrorists to...

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People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City, Iraq, May 11, 2016. Reuters

Bombings Claimed by ISIS kill 93 in Iraqi Capital

by Hamza Mostafa and mounaf obeidi | May 12, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-At least 94 people were killed in three car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, in the deadliest violence in Baghdad this year. The attacks, all claimed by ISIS, came with the government locked in a political crisis. The worst bombing struck the Sadr City...

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People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s mainly Shi’ite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

ISIS Bombing of Baghdad’s Sadr City Kills 63

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 11, 2016 | Middle East

A car bomb ripped through a commercial area in a Shi’ite Muslim district of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 63 people and wounding more than 78 others in an attack that was swiftly claimed by the extremist ISIS group. The attack, which is the largest...