BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A series of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, a day after over 70 died in violence targeting majority Shi'ites that has stoked fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. Full story
A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a year ago. Full story
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred. Full story
Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. Full story
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left after Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. Full story
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed. Full story
Deadly clashes erupt in Hawija after Iraqi security forces raid the Sunni protester camp located north of Baghdad. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Relatives carry the coffin of an Iraqi police officer killed by militants, during a funeral in Najaf, around 160 km south of Baghdad May 20, 2013. The attacks took place in the Sunni heartland of Anbar, where gunmen on Saturday ambushed and kidnapped 10 policemen near the provincial capital of Rama
Relatives carry the coffin of an Iraqi police officer killed by militants during a funeral in Najaf, around 160 km south of Baghdad May 20, 2013. The attacks took place in the Sunni heartland of Anbar, where gunmen on Saturday ambushed and kidnapped 10 policemen near the provincial capital of Rama
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHMourners pray over the coffins of Iraqi police officers killed by militants during a funeral in Najaf, around 160 km south of Baghdad, May 20, 2013. The attacks took place in the Sunni heartland of Anbar, where gunmen on Saturday amb
Tribal men hold weapons as they patrol a road north of Ramadi, 100 km west of Baghdad, May 18, 2013. Attacks on Sunni and Shi'ite mosques, security forces and tribal leaders have mounted since troops raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk a month ago. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani (IRAQ - Tags: POLIT
