Roadside bomb wounds four in Iraq’s Kirkuk

A humvee (HMMWV) vehicle of the Iraqi security forces is stationed at a checkpoint along a road in Iraq's multi-ethnic northern city of Kirkuk (disputed between Iraqi Kurdistan and Baghdad) on September 5, 2023 (AFP)
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Updated 05 October 2024
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Roadside bomb wounds four in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Baghdad: A roadside bomb wounded four people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, police sources said.
The bomb targeted a commercial district in the city center. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Earlier in the week, four Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others injured in an ambush on an army convoy southwest of Kirkuk, which Daesh militants claimed responsibility for.
Despite the group’s defeat in 2017, remnants continue to conduct hit-and-run attacks against government forces.


Blasts over Jerusalem after Israel detects missiles fired from Iran: AFP

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Blasts over Jerusalem after Israel detects missiles fired from Iran: AFP

JERUSALEM: Blasts were heard over Jerusalem on Thursday, AFP journalists said, after the Israeli military detected missiles fired from Iran.
“A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the military posted on Telegram.