Al Itihad newspaper reported Wednesday that Iraqi police announced Tuesday two car-bomb explosions in Baghdad.

Al Sabah newspaper reported Monday that five mass graves were found in the city of Umara, in Missan.

Al Itijah Al Akhar newspaper, an anti-U.S. occupation newspaper whose editor is based in Syria, carried an editorial Thursday with the headline: “400 checkpoint shred Baghdad's organs."

Al Itijah Al Akhar newspaper in an editorial criticized Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government and the way it deals with the current situation in Iraq.

Al Mada reported Tuesday that 5 million Iraqis were expected to arrive in Karbala province to celebrate the birth anniversary of the 12th Shiite imam, Mahdi, who, according to Shiites beliefs, will return.