Terrorist group al-Qaeda is seeing a resurgence in Iraq.
The terror group and its affiliates detonated nine separate car bombs on Sunday at various markets and police checkpoints in Baghdad killing dozens.
The campaign of violence by the terrorists has resulted in more than 5,300 Iraqis being killed in 2013. Local officials worry of worsening security conditions, as the government appears unable to stop the terrorist network in the two years since American troops withdrew from the country.
An interior ministry official told the Washington Post that 40 people died in attacks on neighborhoods in Baghdad while 14 soldiers were killed in Mosul when a homicide bomber drove a car into a group of troops.
The violence from terrorists was on the wane after a US troop surge in the 2000s helped Sunni fighters turn the tide against al-Qaeda but over the last year violence has escalated as sectarian groups choose sides.
The terrorist groups have been strengthened by the release of hundreds of captured members through various prison raids.
Police confirm that at least 46 people are dead after a wave of bomb attacks in Baghdad and Baquba, Iraq.
Two of the bombing reportedly targeted a wedding in Baquba. Continue reading →
A series of terror attacks around Baghdad, Iraq has killed at least 41 people and left over 100 wounded.
Six car bombs targeted markets and shopping areas in different locations across the city. The deadliest explosion killed 10 in a northwestern part of Baghdad. Continue reading →
The UN released casualty figures that shows over 1,000 people were killed in July.
The UN report states that the death toll was the highest monthly total in 5 years. Continue reading →
Iraqi officials say hundreds of inmates have escaped from two Iraqi prisons after gunmen stormed the complexes.
Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad and Taji to the north were both assaulted late Sunday night. Continue reading →
A terrorist bombing targeted a restaurant in Kirkuk, Iraq at the end of the day’s Ramadan fast, killing 38 and wounding at least 26. Continue reading →
The BBC is reporting that Iraqi officials have stopped a plot by al-Qaeda to carry out poison gas attacks in the Middle East, Europe and North America.
Remote-control toy planes would carry out the attacks. Continue reading →
Millions of Christians are being displaced from the Islamic world according to a report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
“The flight of Christians out of the region is unprecedented and it’s increasing year by year,” the Commission stated in a report. “[in our lifetime] Christians might disappear altogether from Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt.” Continue reading →
The al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting to overthrow the Syrian government, has pledged their support and vowed allegiance to al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq announced a merger with al-Nusra. Continue reading →
A series of explosions across Iraq killed 22 people and injured dozen more according to government officials.
The deadliest single attack killed seven in a small town south of Baghdad. Give were killed when a car bomb targeted Shia pilgrims in a part of Baghdad. Continue reading →
