At least 64 people were killed when a bomb went off at a market in Baghdad, according to Iraqi police.
An additional 87 people were injured in the attack in the largely Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.
Wednesday, 11 May, 2016
Iraq: ISIS claims responsibility for bombing that killed dozens of people at a Baghdad market
Tuesday, 10 May, 2016
Turkey: 3 killed and 45 wounded in car bombing blamed on Kurds
A car bomb on Tuesday struck a police vehicle that was carrying officers escorting seven recently detained Kurdish militants in the mainly-Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, killing three people and wounding 45 others, officials said.
No group had claimed responsibility for the attack in Diyarbakir’s Baglar neighborhood, but the state-run Anadolu Agency said it was carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as the bus was passing by.
Iraq: Iraq army retakes town of Makhmur from Islamic State militants ahead of planned offensive for Mosul
The Iraqi army recaptured the town of Makhmur from Islamic State militants as part of the military’s overall plan to neutralize the insurgent stronghold of Mosul, officials said Monday.
Coalition forces targeted militants in the town with airstrikes, local media reported Monday.
South Sudan: Scores killed and dozens injured in clashese between Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and Mundari tribe in Mongalla
Scores of people were on Saturday killed and several others injured in Mongalla, a Central Equatoria state town located along the Juba-Bor road.
Multiple sources told Sudan Tribune at least three people were feared dead and more than 20 others were injured.
“We lost three soldiers and counted eight attackers. They [attackers] are identified as member of Mundari tribe,” a military officer in Mongalla told Sudan Tribune by phone.
Monday, 9 May, 2016
Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims credit for car bomb attack in Mogadishu
Al-Shabaab has claimed full responsibility for a deadly suicide car bomb attack on the headquarters of Somalia’s traffic police in the capital, Mogadishu on Monday morning.
A bomber drove his car packed with explosives at the gates of the police compound in Shangani district, and then followed a heavy exchange of gunfire between attackers and the security guards.
Libya: Gaddafah, Warfalah and Ould Suleiman Libyan tribes swear allegiance to Isis
Tribes of deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have sworn allegiance to Isis: Site refers it.
Sunday, 8 May, 2016
Egypt: Islamic State (IS) and Popular Resistance Movement claim responsibility for killing 8 police officers in Helwan
Eight plainclothes police officers were killed on Sunday morning in an armed attack that targeted a checkpoint operation near Helwan police station, according to a statement issued on the Interior Ministry’s official Facebook page directly after the attack.
“On Sunday morning while plainclothes officers from Helwan police station were operating a checkpoint in a minibus near their station on Omar Abdel Aziz Street, four anonymous militants driving a truck opened fire at the officers,” the statement read.