Iraqi police have arrested four people in connection with the suicide bombing of two mosques near the Iranian border which killed at least 76 people, one of them a possible third suicide bomber, police said today.

SUICIDE bombers killed 74 worshippers at two mosques in eastern Iraq yesterday while in Baghdad two car bombs targeted a hotel housing foreign journalists and killed eight Iraqis.

Suicide bombers killed 65 worshippers at two mosques in eastern Iraq today while in Baghdad two car bombs destroyed the blast wall protecting a hotel housing foreign journalists and killed eight Iraqis.

Two suicide car bombers detonated vehicles today in a Baghdad residential district, and a hotel housing foreign journalists was the apparent target, US and Iraqi officials said.

SYRIAN military intelligence started clearing out its headquarters in Beirut and vacated another office in the Lebanese capital yesterday in line with key demands by the US and Lebanese opposition.

Israeli soldiers have invaded several Palestinian-controlled towns and villages today to arrest militants suspected of involvement in attacks on Israel.

An 11-year-old girl and her mother were killed when a Palestinian gunman disguised as an Israeli soldier raided a tiny Jewish settlement.

The Israeli army has injured 11 Palestinians in a missile attack on the West Bank town of Nablus this morning.