At least eight people were killed and two were wounded in recent violence:
A protest organizer was assassinated at his home in Basra. Sheikh Wisam al-Gharawi was also a religious figure.
The bodies of five Yazidis were recovered from a mass grave in Sinjar.
Gunmen killed the son of the mukhtar of Abu Khanizir.
In Abu Garma, a sniper killed a policeman. Shelling was also reported.
A bomb in Jurf al-Sakhar (al-Nasr) left two militiamen with injuries.
