Samarra, Iraq News

Despite the presence of thousands of non-Syrians fighting on both sides of that country's civil war _ and increasing rhetoric about a regional conflagration _ the now contiguous conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon each arise from specific local grievances.

In this photo taken on Monday, May 20, 2013, an Iraqi woman passes by the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq.

That's Ramadi. It's Friday in Iraq. Like every Friday since December 21st, that means ongoing protests.

A 34-year-old Iraqi farmer claims that he has been consuming live scorpions every day for the past fifteen years and is addicted to them.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Chaos and violence continue, Iraq is again slammed with violence as the death toll for the month gets ever closer to 800, Jane Arraf goes on the radio to cover for Nouri, US Vice President Joe Biden's attempt to help backfired and only fuels talk in Iraq that the US is trying to partition the country and earns Biden the ... (more)

Ismail Jasim Mohammed, who lives in Samarra, said he became tired of getting stung by the dangerous creatures.

Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Samarra, 100 km north of Baghdad, May 20, 2013.

Violence continued today in Iraq -- at least 16 reported deaths and 31 injured. National Iraqi News Agency reports a Mosul roadside bombing claimed the life of 1 Iraqi soldier and left another injured , 1 corpse was discovered in Mosul, 1 police officer was shot dead in Mosul , a Mosul car bombing left 3 people dead and fifteen injured , another ... (more)

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The violence continues with at least 17 reported dead and thirty-six wounded so far today.

A ROADSIDE bomb attack on an Iraqi army convoy and a car bomb targeting Iranian pilgrims has killed 10 people and wounded 19.

Six Iranian pilgrims were killed and some 20 wounded in a car bomb explosion in Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday, a provincial police source said.

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A string of car bombings and shootings across Iraq left more than 50 people dead Monday, authorities said, in what is the latest spate of violence in a country plagued with Sunni-Shiite tension.

TEHRAN At least four Iranian pilgrims were martyred and 17 others injured in a bomb explosion in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, the director of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said.

More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011.