IS claims responsibility for attack southeast of Baghdad

CAIRO - 27 November 2017: Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that took place on Monday targeting the Nahrawan area southeast of Baghdad, the group's Amaq news agency said.

The Sunni militant group said it had killed 35 members of Shi'ite paramilitaries known as Popular Mobilisation Forces but the Interior Ministry had earlier said the attack targeted civilians and did not provide official casualty figures.