By Kieran Corcoran for MailOnline Terrorists have struck behind the front lines in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and the Kuridsh-controlled city of Kirkuk, killing almost 50 people. Three bombs in Kirkuk, to the north of Iraq, killed 19 civilians while blasts in Baghdad killed eleven people. Between them the bombings also wounded 136 people in the two cities. Scroll down for video Destruction: Rescuers dash from the scene of car bombings in Kirkuk, part of Kurdish-controlled Iraq Deaths: 19 people were killed in the northern city - above one of the victims is carries away Wrecked: The bomb caused large amounts of damage in the city, which is a Kurdish seat of power
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Three explosions in Kirkuk killed 19, while 11 people died in Baghdad
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Explosions, far behind frontlines against Islamic State (IS), also injured 136
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Meanwhile IS stronghold city of Raqqa came under bombardment
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Strikes thought to have been launched by Syrian president Bashar Assad
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