Deadliest IS attacks in Iraq in 2016

TURKEY

Sinjar

SYRIA

Qaim

Waleed

JORDAN

Trebil

SAUDI ARABIA

Mosul

Tal Afar Sharqat

Hawija

Baiji

Tikrit

Samarra

Haditha

Hit

Ramadi

Fallujah: Iraqi forces declare defeat of IS militants on Jun 26

Iskandariya

Karbala

Hilla

100km 60 miles

IRAN

Arbil

Kirkuk

Sulaymaniyah

Tuz Khurmato

Khanaqin

Muqdadiyah

Baqubah

Baghdad

1, 5-8

Kut

Amarah

Najaf

Samawa

Nasriyah

Basra

KUWAIT

Areas/towns under control of so-called Islamic State (IS) as of July 4

Areas/towns under Kurdish Control

Areas/towns under control of Iraqi security forces

Feb 28, Baghdad: Twin suicide bomb attacks hit crowded mobile phone market in Sadr City,
killing 78 people

Mar 6, Hilla: Fuel tanker packed with explosives blows up at checkpoint, killing around 60 people

Mar 26, Iskandariya: Suicide bomber targets football match, killing at least 32

May 1, Samawa: Double car bomb attack kills at least 33 people

May 11, Baghdad: Three car bombs kill 93 people, 64 of them in market in Shia district of Sadr City

May 17, Baghdad: Four bomb blasts kill 69, mainly in Shia areas

Jun 9, Baghdad: At least 30 people killed in and around city in two suicide attacks claimed by IS

Jul 3, Baghdad: Explosive-laden refrigerator truck blows up in Karrada district, killing over 200 people in worst such attack since 2007

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Wire agencies