Suicide bombing leaves four people dead in Kirkuk

Pour peshmerga fighters were killed and 15 others were injured in a bomb attack in Kirkuk by ISIL militants.

In Mousul, ISIL militants detonated a roadside mine, killing one peshmerga and injuring four others.
ISIL militants also attacked Mousul's Syriac-dominated areas with mortar shells, triggering a mass migration towards Irbil.
British Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond, who is visiting Gulf countries to discuss the threat ISIL poses in Iraq and the region, said that finding a political solution to the Iraq crisis is necessary.
Hammond said his country is not planning a military intervention to address the Iraqi crisis.
British politician said developments in the region concern Britain and Gulf countries, adding that “We want to work with our friends and partners in the Gulf to help Iraq find a solution to the challenges it faces. Once it’s clear that the Iraqis have made the decision to build an inclusive government, to reach out to the Kurdish and Sunni communities, and to build an inclusive future foe Iraq, then there is a lot of support willing to come in behind that initiative."