BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 19 people have been killed in a quartet of explosions today in and around Baghdad as a near-daily onslaught against Shiites continues.

The attacks in the capital come as the country’s Shiite-led government grapples with a rampant Sunni insurgency by the Islamic State group.

Yesterday, a wave of bombings killed at least 43 people in Iraq’s majority Shiite community. Four of those attacks were separate car bombs that went off simultaneously in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing at least 26 people.

Meanwhile Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (hah-SAHN’ roh-HAH’-nee) says Tehran will stand by its neighbor Iraq in its fight against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State group.

Rouhani met today with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Heidar al-Abadi.

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