A series of five bombings killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens of others Monday in Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. At least four people were killed and 20 others were wounded Monday evening when a bomb detonated in a market on the northeastern outskirts of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle in the marketplace in the predominantly Shiite district of Hussainiya, the official said
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With exit deadline looming, U.S. battles insurgents in Mosul
As the deadline nears for U.S. troops to exit major Iraqi cities, units in Mosul are in the midst of a months-long operation to sweep out extremist fighters.
Iraq sticking with U.S. withdrawal plan despite attacks
Iraq’s government said Sunday it won’t extend a June deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraqi cities despite concerns about ongoing attacks in cities like Mosul
U.S. soldiers killed by man wearing Iraqi uniform
A man clad in an Iraqi security force uniform shot and killed two American soldiers and wounded three others Saturday, the U.S. military said
Iraq suicide bombing kills five U.S. soldiers
Five U.S. soldiers were killed Friday in a suicide bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the U.S. military said
In Mosul, Iraq’s Insurgency Refuses to Be Tamed
Mosul remains at war. Although the conflict in most parts of Iraq has largely subsided — the uneasy peace punctured only sporadically by spurts of bloodshed — it isn’t over in Mosul.