Suicide bombs hit oil heartland
Attacks in Basra and Dhi Qar highlight the IS group's determination to use asymmetric tactics to strike southern Iraq, despite losses in the north.
Iraqi security forces and emergency personnel gather a the site of a suicide attack in Basra on April 4, 2016. (HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images)
BASRA - Suicide bombers killed at least 10 people in Basra and Dhi Qar on Monday, as the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) showed its determination - despite recent battlefield losses - to strike Iraq's oil heartland.
IS militants also carried out a suicide bombing and a deadly mortar attack in Baghdad, killing at least five people, a senior Interior Ministry official said, as well as attacks in Anbar province.
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