baghdad

At least 11 people have been killed in the assault.
A photo of Haider al Abadi looking at a damaged sofa inspired the hashtag “My couch, my pride" and countless memes.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the largest of three blasts, which killed 11 and wounded 30.
Supporters of a prominent Shi'ite cleric are demanding government reform.
Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, also known as Haji Iman and Abu Alaa al-Afri, was a veteran jihadist with a bounty of $7 million on his head.
This is the deadliest attack on Baghdad so far this year.
Unknown gunmen seized the trio from a private apartment in the capital's southeasterly Dora district in mid-January.
U.S. sources said they had no reason to believe Iran itself was involved in the kidnapping, however.
The report called the civilian death toll in Iraq "staggering."