Iraq bombings, attacks kill nearly 50

About 50 people have been killed in the latest wave of car bombings and other attacks across Iraq, authorities say.

According to police, in the deadliest attack on Tuesday, a car bomb in the northwestern part of the capital Baghdad left eight people dead and 15 others wounded.

Seven people were killed and 21 others injured in another car bombing in a different area, while a mortar attack claimed seven lives elsewhere in the capital. All of the three assaults took place in Shia-majority areas.

Earlier in the day, four civilians and two policemen lost their lives in a car bomb attack in the holy city of Karbala, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Baghdad. Another 16 people were injured in the explosion.

Meanwhile, an explosives-laden vehicle exploded in the town of Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital, killing five people and injuring 13 others. Fourteen people were also killed in separate attacks in Baghdad and outside the holy city of Najaf.

On Saturday, some 12 people, including two soldiers, were killed and several others injured in two separate bomb attacks near the Iraqi capital.

The attacks come as Iraqi forces backed by volunteers are fighting against Takfiri militants from the ISIL terrorist group on several fronts across the country.

The ISIL terrorists control large areas of Syria’s east and north. The group sent its Takfiri militants into Iraq in June, seizing large parts of land straddling the border between Syria and Iraq.

Iraqi officials hold Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and some other Persian Gulf Arab states responsible for the rise in terrorism in the country.

The ISIL terrorists have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, including public decapitations and crucifixions.

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