Car-bomb kills 2, hurts 25 in W. Iraq near Syria border

By Idris Okuducu and Suleiman al-Qubeisi</p> <p>ANBAR, Iraq (AA) – At least two people were killed and another 25 injured by a car-bomb that shook Iraq’s western Anbar province on Friday, according to local police sources.</p> <p>Anbar Police Captain Ahmed al-Duleimi told Anadolu Agency that the bomb had gone off near a public market in Anbar’s city of Al-Qaim near the Syrian border.</p> <p>At least five Iraqi security personnel were among the injured, he added.</p> <p>No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Iraqi authorities typically blame such acts of violence on the Daesh terrorist group.