Bombings and a shooting left eighteen dead in Iraq Tuesday, the latest violence in a country beset by sectarian which government says is fueled by certain political parties.
Fresh violence has left eight people dead in Iraq, including a police officer, his wife and two children, with gunmen having kidnapped 10 security force's personnel.
Twin bombings rocked near a mosque north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing at least 41 people, local media reported.
A top American military officer has travelled to Iraq for talks on defense cooperation and security issues including Syria unrest.
Nine policemen have been killed in northern Iraq while a car bomb targeting worshippers near a mosque in north of Baghdad left four others dead.
The International Islamic Conference for Convergence and Dialogue kicked off work in Baghdad, Iraq with delegations from various countries attending the event.
Two separate attacks in a western Baghdad suburb have killed three people and wounded 11, Iraqi officials say.
A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad killed at least 21 people on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit Iraq as it struggles with protests and a political crisis.
At least seven members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) have been killed and more than 50 others injured after mortars landed in Camp Liberty near Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.