| Aswat al-Iraq: A wife of an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader, along with two of her sisters, was killed in an explosion that tore through a house in Diala's Balad Rouz district, according to a local security source. "An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated inside a house of an al-Qaeda leader in Balad Rouz district (45 km east of Diala), killing his wife and two of her sisters," the source told Aswat al-Iraq. The AQI leader was not inside the house at the time of the blast, the source added, providing no further details. |