Four bombings targeted Iraqi forces in the Baghdad area and the country’s south on Monday, killing at least 30 people.

Four terrorist bombings targeting Iraqi security forces and civilians and mortar fire that struck houses near Baghdad killed at least 30 people on Monday, security and medical officials said.

The morning attacks also wounded at least 64 people, the sources said.

In the deadliest single attack, a suicide bomber struck a street in the southern port city of Basra, killing five people and wounding 10.

Earlier, one bomber targeted a joint police and army checkpoint in north Baghdad, while two others struck pro-government paramilitaries on a street in Mishahada, north of the capital, and in a restaurant in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group frequently carries out suicide bombings in Iraq targeting civilians and security forces.

ISIL occupies large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground.