More than 60 people have been killed in bomb attacks across Iraq in mainly Shia areas, as the Eid al-Adha holiday was being celebrated.
No one has yet to claim responsibility for the attacks, with violence reaching the highest levels in the country since 2008. Almost 1,000 people were killed in September alone.
Also hit by the wave of attacks was the Nineveh province, bordering the relatvely secure autonomous Kurdish region of Northern Iraq. The UN envoy to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said in a statement,
No one has yet to claim responsibility for the attacks, with violence reaching the highest levels in the country since 2008. Almost 1,000 people were killed in September alone.
Also hit by the wave of attacks was the Nineveh province, bordering the relatvely secure autonomous Kurdish region of Northern Iraq. The UN envoy to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said in a statement,
"The recent rise in violence in Nineveh province calls for urgent action and strengthened security cooperation between the government of Iraq, the Nineveh provincial authorities and the Kurdish Regional Government".