Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

Spiking Violence Strains Sectarian Ties in Iraqi Province

The bloodshed is straining ties among communities in Diyala, an ethnically and religiously diverse province north of Baghdad; it also raises questions about the sustainability of the relative calm and stability that has prevailed in much of Iraq in the years since the defeat of IS.

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

MUQDADIYAH: Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted on the moon-lit road. “I only remember the explosion,” Maytham, 16, said weakly from his hospital bed, his pale arms speckled brown by shrapnel. The attack took place earlier this

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

Security officials say at least 19 civilians have been killed by unidentified assailants in a series of attacks over the last month in the central Iraqi province of Diyala, located north and east of Baghdad.

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

MUQDADIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted on the moon-lit road. “I only remember the explosion,” Maytham, 16, said weakly from his hospital bed, his pale arms speckled brown by shrapnel. The attack took place earlier this month in the Shiite-majority village of Hazanieh. The force of…

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

MUQDADIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted on the moon-lit road.

Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

MUQDADIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted on the moon-lit road.