Daesh bombings meant to undermine Iraq unity: Hezbollah

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah has strongly censured the deadly Daesh bomb attacks that claimed over 90 lives in different parts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, saying such terror acts are meant to undermine the Arab nation’s unity.

In a statement, Hezbollah described the bloody explosions in Baghdad as inhumane and called for efforts to contain the epidemic of terror attacks.

The resistance movement also said the countries that support the terror groups in the Middle East are to blame for such “heinous” crimes, and must be held to account.

Such atrocities target the unity among Iraqis, added Hezbollah, expressing hope that the Arab nation would manage to weather the terror threats through patience.

During a televised speech on Thursday, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also slammed the terror attacks in Baghdad and said Daesh goes on a killing spree against innocent civilians whenever it suffers heavy blows on the battleground.

Baghdad’s bloody days

Over the past 48 hours, more than 90 people have been killed in three separate bomb attacks claimed by Daesh in Baghdad.

Baghdad witnessed one of its bloodiest days this year on Wednesday, when a car bomb explosion ripped through a market in the largely Shia neighborhood of Sadr City, leaving 64 people dead and nearly 90 others wounded.

Later in the day, a bomber detonated his explosives in the al-Kadhimiya neighborhood, killing 17 people. A similar attack at a checkpoint in the al-Jamia neighborhood claimed a dozen lives.

On Thursday, at least five police officers lost their lives when twin explosions hit a police station in the Iraqi capital’s westernmost suburb of Abu Ghraib.

Daesh militants frequently target crowded commercial and public areas in the mainly Shia-populated neighborhoods of Baghdad to undermine government efforts to maintain security across the capital.

There has been a surge in such terror activities as Daesh is losing ground on multiple fronts against Iraqi forces.

The Daesh terror group has been controlling swathes of land in northern and western Iraq since 2014.

Since then, Iraqi troops and allied volunteer forces have been engaged in large-scale military operations against Daesh, inflicting heavy losses on the terrorist outfit on several fronts.

During their advances against Daesh, Iraqi forces have wrested back control of two major cities, Tikrit and Ramadi, among other strategic areas, in what is seen as the most significant gains against the Takfiri group over the past two years.

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