IS militants have reduced the amount of water flowing to government-held areas in Iraq’s western Anbar province, an official said.

A car bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad today, killing at least nine civilians, police said.

Bombs ripped through crowds of Iraqi shoppers stocking up on sweets and other delicacies ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, killing at least five people, police said today.

The bodies of 13 men, apparently victims of sectarian death squads, were found scattered across eastern Baghdad today.