Islamic State attacks in northern Iraq kill 16, sources say

Amaq news agency, which supports Islamic State, said three suicide attackers targeting Shi'ite militiamen had detonated their explosives. The militants nearly overran Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, in 2014 and maintain a frontline around 40 km away. An intelligence source said fighters from the powerful Iranian-backed Badr Organisation raided a nearby house and detained 13 members of a Sunni family.