article_snippet.sent: The last major attack was a suicide car bombing near the governor's compound in Arbil in November.
article_snippet.sent: Last week, two bomb attacks claimed by Egyptian jihadists loyal to Islamic State killed  at least 14 people in the restive Sinai Peninsula, including 11 security personnel.
article_snippet.sent: Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has carried out a slew of attacks in the restive Sinai Peninsula since the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, claimed responsibility.
article_snippet.sent: A roadside bomb attack on an army vehicle killed six soldiers and wounded two near the the restive Sinai Peninsula town of Sheikh Zuweid, a jihadist stronghold. '
article_snippet.sent: An armoured personnel carrier for the army of the apostates was destroyed... killing and wounding all aboard,' Ansar Beit al-Madqis said on a Twitter account attributed to An armoured personnel carrier for the army of the apostates.
article_snippet.sent: The military said six soldiers were killed in A roadside bomb attack on an army vehicle. '
article_snippet.sent: six soldiers was targeted by an explosive device placed by the extremist terrorist elements which left an officer, a sergeant, and four soldiers martyred, and two other soldiers wounded,' A roadside bomb attack on an army vehicle said on A roadside bomb attack on an army vehicle Facebook page.
article_snippet.sent: Hours later a suicide car bomb targeting a police station in the restive Sinai Peninsula's provincial capital of El-Arish killed eight people and wounded 45 others, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Gaffar said.
article_snippet.sent: health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Gaffar said in a separate statement that five policemen and a civilian were among those killed in the police station bombing, while several policemen were wounded.