Turkey on Friday condemned the terrorist bomb attacks perpetrated on Thursday in the cities of Mosul, Hilla, Karbala and Fallujah in Iraq, which left 38 people dead and many others injured.

In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that their sorrow is further increased by these terrorist attacks perpetrated during the holy month of Muharram, and that Turkey offers its condolences to relatives of those who were killed in the attacks.

"It is our most sincere wish that the fraternal bloodshed in our neighbor Iraq will finally come to an end and that stability, peace and reconciliation will prevail in the country," the statement said.

"In this framework, Turkey will continue to support by every means possible the efforts aimed at establishing long-awaited security, peace and stability in neighboring and friendly Iraq and to be in solidarity with our Iraqi brothers in their combat against terrorism," it added. Endi

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