At least 13 people were killed and five were wounded in the latest violence:
Three policemen were killed and another was wounded during a Katyusha rocket attack near Hawija.
Gunmen wounded two activists in Basra.
In Shoura, gunfire wounded a soldier at a checkpoint. Then, a roadside bomb exploded, wounding another soldier who was responding to the first attack.
Ten militants were killed during an airstrike on the Qarachogh Mountains.
