At least 20 people died in and around Baghdad on Monday, after militants bombed commercial areas in an attempt to derail an Iraqi effort to retake the city of Fallujah.

Militants have been making deadly attacks in the Iraqi capital in an effort to distract Iraqi forces away from seizing back Fallujah from the Islamic State. Iraqi forces have teamed up with paramilitary troops and aerial support from the U.S.-led coalition to take back the city.