Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Night Raid, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, tagged arrests, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, demonstrators, hezbollah, human rights, Lebanon, Middle-East, military raids, opposition figures, protestors, protests, security forces, Shiite, shooting, sunni, Syria, Syrian unrest on July 11, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Yacoub Oweis | July 11, 2011
Syrian forces killed at least one civilian and injured 20 in Homs on Monday during the heaviest raids on the city since troops deployed there two months ago to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said.
Posted in Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Police, Suicide Bomb, tagged baghdad, Iraq, Middle-East, Shiite, suicide bomber on July 8, 2010 |
Associated Press
By BARBARA SURK
BAGHDAD — Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint, Iraqi police said. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Blogroll, Body Count, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Other, Region, Tactics, Type of Harm, tagged baghdad, bombings, child victims, Civilian Casualties, civilian death toll, civilian deaths, Iraq, Shiite on August 17, 2009 |
AP
By SAMEER N. YACOUB
BAGHDAD — Bombs hidden in plastic bags near a falafel stand exploded at a market in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 21, Iraqi officials said. It was the latest in a series of bombings targeting Shiites and minorities in the capital and northern Iraq.
The U.S. military has said insurgents are trying to re-ignite sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war but Shiites so far have shown restraint.
The bags packed with explosives were left among a pile of garbage and exploded shortly before 8 p.m. as the district was crowded with people enjoying the evening.
Several nearby stores were also damaged, according to police and hospital officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information. Five children were among the wounded, they said. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Blogroll, Body Count, Bomb, Country, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Other, Region, Tactics, tagged baghdad, bombings, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilian injuries, Iraq, Shiite, sunni on August 17, 2009 |
Reuters
By MICHAEL CHRISTIE
BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (Reuters) – At least six people were killed when two bombs exploded at a popular restaurant in a predominantly Shi’ite Muslim neighbourhood of eastern Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi police said.
Around 18 people were wounded when the two bombs planted inside and outside of the restaurant exploded almost simultaneously, police said.
A string of bombings since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraqi cities at the end of June has called into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the population from attacks by insurgents like Sunni militant group al Qaeda. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Blogroll, Body Count, Country, Government, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Other, Region, Suicide Bomb, Tactics, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian death toll, civilian deaths, Iraq, Kurds, mass-casualty attacks, Mosul, Shabak, Shiite, Sinjar, suicide bombings, suicide bombs, Yazidis on August 14, 2009 |
BAGHDAD, Aug. 13 — Two suicide bombers killed at least 21 people in a cafe in northern Iraq on Thursday, Iraqi officials said, in the latest attack targeting ethnic or religious minorities in disputed territories.
The double bombing occurred about 5 p.m. in the Ayoub coffeehouse in Sinjar, a town about 240 miles northwest of Baghdad. Most of the victims were Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking religious minority. At least 30 people were wounded.
The attack, like other recent bombings, appeared intended to exacerbate tensions along a 300-mile stretch of disputed territory near the Kurdish north, pitting the Kurdish autonomous government against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s administration in Baghdad. (more…)
