Iraqi officials say a auto bombing in a Baghdad neighborhood has killed eight people and wounded 20.
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Additionally, almost one thousand tribesmen from the troubled western Iraqi province of Anbar have formed a pro-government battalion called “Abbasi Brigade” to liberate their native areas from the clutches of Daesh militants.
There have been additionally blasts in predominately Sunni areas, the sources stated. In Latifiya, about 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, a bomb killed two people.
Three civilians have been additionally wounded when a rocket landed in the western district of al-Shula, police and medics stated.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but bombings in Baghdad are often carried out by the Islamic State jihadist group, which overran swathes of Iraq in June past year .
Since the emergence of IS extremists, Baghdad has seen near-daily attacks, with roadside bombs, suicide blasts and assassinations targeting Iraqi forces and government officials, with significant casualties among the civilian population.
Earlier in the day, gunmen shot and killed a local official along with his son and nephew in the town of Tarmiya, about 25km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, police and medics said.
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Though ISIS is just as vicious as the Shiite militias if not more gruesome, as the Human Rights Watch report shows, the government-aligned forces face particular scrutiny because Iraq watchers worry that their actions will prevent future peace between Shiites and Sunnis even if the Islamic State group is vanquished.
