At least 22 people were killed, and four more were wounded in recent violence:
In Hawija, an attack involving a roadside bomb and gunmen left four federal police officers dead. A soldier was also killed in this or a separate attack.
Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded a third one during an attack on their post near Rashad. A bomb killed a civilian.
One civilian was killed in a suspected Turkish airstrike in Sherwan Mazin.
In Basra, a civilian was gunned down.
A bomb wounded three militiamen in Jurf al-Sakhar (Jurf al-Nasr).
Airstrikes on a desert area of Anbar province left nine militants dead.
Three militants were killed during airstrikes on the Hamrin Mountains.
