A second day of intensified attacks left at least 145 Iraqis Killed and 379 more wounded. The attacks, mostly bombings, seemed to focus on security personnel in Sunni-dominated areas.

At least 41 Iraqis were killed and 154 more were wounded in attacks that focused on Sunni towns south of Baghdad.

A bodyguard working one of Iraq’s two vice presidents was among the eight killed in Iraq today. Another three people were wounded.

At least six Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in violence that rattled the start of Ramadan. Another seven Iraqis were killed in Damasus, Syria. Meanwhile, the tense border situation is making the journey home for returning Iraqis more chaotic and dangerous.

Iraqi border guards described a horrific scene, in which 22 Syrians were exectuted, they said happened just across the border in Syria. Meanwhile, at least three people were killed and four more were wounded in Iraq itself.

The only city reporting violence today was Mosul, where 11 people were killed and three more were wounded.

Iraq received the bodies of 23 Iraqis killed during violence in Syria. Two of them were reporters killed in Damascus, while the other 21 were killed outside the Syrian capital. Syria has taken in many Iraqi refugees. Baghdad has urged them to return home. Meanwhile, at least eight people were killed in Iraq, while another five were wounded.

The United Nations released its figures on the number of children killed this year in Iraq. So far, 49 children have died in violent attacks. Meanwhile, at least six Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded in new violence.

The Iraqi government issued a warning to Turkey to drop plans to trade oil with Kurdistan or face increased tensions with its neighbor. Meanwhile, at least eight Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded in new attacks

The Iraqi Communist Party celebrated the 54th anniversary of the July 14, 1958 declaration of the republic with a march in Baghdad. Although the march also called for improved services, the demonstrators were not met with any violence. However, attacks continued elsewhere, leaving 14 dead and 11 more wounded.