Baghdad bombs kill at least 22, dozens injured

Two car bombs have killed at least 22 people in Baghdad as Iraqi forces try to dislodge Islamic State militants from Fallujah.

Smoke rises as Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in New Baghdad neighborhood last month. Source: AAP

More than 22 people have been killed and 70 wounded in two separate bombings in Baghdad, one targeting a commercial street and the other an army checkpoint, Iraqi police said.

The attacks come as Iraqi forces are trying to dislodge Islamic State militants from Fallujah, their stronghold just west of Baghdad.

A car packed with explosive blew up in a commercial street of Baghdad al-Jadeeda (New Baghdad), an eastern district of the capital, killing at least 15 people and wounding over 50, a police officer said.

A suicide car bomb also targeted a main army checkpoint in Taji, just north of Baghdad, killing seven soldiers and wounding more than 20 others, he said.