
A car bomb has exploded outside the French embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, wounding two guards and causing extensive damage. The blast completely destroyed the embassy’s reception area and parts of neighboring homes. One official told Reuters news agency: “We think it was a booby-trapped car.” An investigation is under way into what French [...]

A car bomb exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus killing at least 31 people and sending smoke billowing across the capital’s skyline. State media blamed the blast near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party on “terrorists”. TV pictures showed images of dead people. Overseas activists said at least 31 people had been killed. The [...]

At least seven people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a bomb attack in Gaziantep, south-eastern Turkey, security sources and media say. The suspected car bomb exploded close to a police station in Gaziantep, Turkey’s Dogan news agency reported. Police officers were reported to be among the casualties and media showed a bus [...]
Two car bomb and suicide attacks killed at least 10 people and wounded another 15 in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, according to police. The car bomb exploded near a restaurant in Tal Afar centre. Minutes later, a man wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowd of onlookers. Tel Afar [...]
At least 48 people died and dozens have been injured in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq, police say. The attacks targeted predominantly Shia areas, in particular police officers and checkpoints. In Baghdad, nine people died in two successive blasts in the central Karrada district. Outside the capital, at least two were killed [...]
At least 63 people have been killed and around 185 injured in a wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according to officials. The interior ministry told the BBC 14 blasts hit various locations, including al-Amil in the south and Halawi and Karrada closer to the centre. The bombings are the [...]