Twin suicide bombings rocked a government compound in Iraq’s western city of Ramadi on Monday, killing as many as 17 people.

A suicide bomber attacked government-backed Sunni militia on Sunday as they lined up to be paid on Baghdad’s south-western outskirts.

Bombs targeting Shi’ite areas killed 56 people in Baghdad on Friday in a possible backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against al-Qaeda.

Three suicide bombers detonated car bombs within moments of each other in a coordinated attack on foreign missions in central Baghdad on Sunday.