At least 15 people were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and militants in the town of Sulaiman Pek on April 24, a mayor of a nearby town said, Reuters reported.
Two mortar bombs hit a government-held suburb of Damascus on April 24, killing seven and injuring more than 25, activists said, Reuters reported, citing Sana.
Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, a Lebanese Salafist cleric, is urging his followers to join Syrian rebels in their fight against troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Al Arabiya reported April 23.
At least 10 people were killed April 23 when mortar rounds landed on a Sunni mosque in the Diyala province town of Muqdadiya, unnamed police and medical sources said, Reuters reported.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected Education Minister Mohammed Tamim's resignation, which came April 23 in protest of the army's intervention in public protests near Kirkuk, AIN reported, citing Iraqia Sat Channel.
Iraqi Education Minister Mohammed Tamim and Science and Technology Minister Abdulkarim al-Samarrai resigned in protest of the army's intervention during public protests near Kirkuk, Anatolia and NINA reported April 23.
