Islamic State Claims Bombing In Oasis Town

A suicide bomb attack not far from the Iraqi city of Karbala has killed at least eight civilians and wounded five others, say officials, as reported by the BBC.

Six suicide bombers entered Ain al-Tamer on Monday and were confronted by security forces, according to a provincial official cited by Al-Monitor (Washington, D.C). The oasis town in the western province of Anbar is about 30 miles east of the holy Shi'ite city of Karbala.

Five of the bombers were reportedly killed...