More than 22 people were killed and 70 wounded in two separate bombings on Thursday in
BAGHDAD , one targeting a commercial street and the other an army checkpoint, Iraqi police said.
The attacks come as Iraqi forces are trying to dislodge Islamic State militants from
Falluja , their stronghold just west of Baghdad.
A car packed with explosive blew up in a commercial street of Baghdad al-Jadeeda (New Baghdad), an eastern district of the capital, killing at least 15 people and wounding over 50, a police officer said.
A
suicide car bomb also targeted a main army checkpoint in Taji, just north of Baghdad, killing seven soldiers and wounding more than 20 others, he said.
