Two separate suicide car bomb attacks in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, have left at least 22 dead yesterday morning, according to police.

One bomb targeted a commercial street in eastern Baghdad, killing at 15 civilians and wounding 35 others. Another explosion hit a bus stop near one of the country’s largest military bases north of Baghdad and killed at least 12 people and leaving 28 others injured.

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for almost all suicide attacks in Baghdad in recent months, although no claim for yesterday’s explosions has yet been verified.

Attacks in the Iraqi capital have not subsided as many expected, despite the Iraqi offensive against Islamic State militants in Fallujah, a military spokesman in Baghdad said on Wednesday.

Iraqi forces have been battling with the IS fighters for a few weeks in an effort to retake the city, which has been controlled by the Muslim group since January 2014. The offensive has so far surrounded the city on three sides, with the only area remaining unclaimed being the western bank of the Euphrates.