At least eight Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded since the beginning of the month, an unsually long stretch of relative peace.

Gunmen killed three soldiers in Taji. At least two more were wounded.

A civilian as killed and three more were wounded during an I.E.D. explosion in Haditha.

In an orchard north of Baghdad, the body of a Sahwa member was found with a bullet wound to the head. In the city, a bombing at a liquor store left no casualties.

An I.E.D. blast left one policeman dead in Kirkuk.

In Mosul, gunmen shot dead a soldier.

A sticky bomb killed a civilian in Haswa.

A sticky bomb planted on a car in Abu Sedira wounded a civilian.

Police liberated a girl who had been kidnapped at her home in Jbela.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage – May 21st, 2013
• Monday Mayhem: 133 Killed, 283 Wounded in Iraq – May 20th, 2013
• Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives – May 19th, 2013
• Forty Killed Across Iraq; 13 Kidnapped in Anbar Province – May 18th, 2013
• Retaliation Against Sunnis Leave 90 Dead, 201 Wounded Across Iraq – May 17th, 2013