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25 killed in Iraq suicide bombings claimed by IS
10 years agoDust rises as a tank from the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division fires at a suspect car approaching their position in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul, on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Iraqi forces battled jihadists inside Mosul for the third day running while civilians risked their lives dodging bombs and snipers to slip out of the city. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP
One bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at the southern entrance to Tikrit, while another other blew up an ambulance at a car park in Samarra, possibly in concert with a third bomber.