Fourteen persons have been killed in suicide bomb attacks attacks in the city of Fallujah and an oasis town south of Baghdad , by ISL fighters on Monday.

The attacks were conducted while Iraqi forces and their allies continue fighting ISIL in the northern city of Mosul

Several attacks have been carried out by ISIL in other areas of Iraq since the operation to retake Mosul was launched a month ago, in a apparent attempt to draw attention and possibly troops away from the battle for the city.

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