A twin suicide bombing struck a village wedding north of Baghdad as the wedding party gathered in the evening hours, killing at least 26 people and wounding dozens, a government spokesman said Thursday. The wedding party was for a family that had been displaced from Iraq's western Anbar province and that is affiliated with a major anti-ISIS tribe there. ISIS had captured Tikrit during its blitz across Iraq in the summer of 2014 when the Sunni militant group seized nearly a third of the country's territory. ISIS has also used large-scale attacks in an effort to distract from its losses as Iraqi forces battle to retake all of Mosul, the country's second-largest city, from the group. Mosul, the country's second-largest city — from the Sunni militant group.Mosul, the country's second-largest city — from the Sunni militant group.

Source: CBC News March 09, 2017 09:33 UTC