[03:14.01]In a similar attack on the Taji prison, officials said the guards stopped anyone escaping.
[03:19.29]In total, 29 people were reported to have been killed.
[03:22.37]Here's Richard Galpin.
[03:23.88]Suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives outside the gates of Abu Ghraib as other militants opened fire on the guards.
[03:33.47]More suicide bombers then entered the jail on foot.
[03:36.83]The well-planned attacks succeeded in freeing a large number of prisoners.
[03:41.82]One politician in Baghdad is quoted as saying around 500 had escaped, including many senior members of al-Qaeda.
[03:49.98]But this has not been confirmed so far by the government.
[03:53.50]The United States has welcomed the European Union's decision to list the military wing of the Lebanese group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.
[04:01.91]The White House spokesman said the EU move, which makes it illegal to raise funds for Hezbollah in Europe,
[04:07.86]sent a message to the Lebanese group that it could not operate with impunity.
[04:11.96]One person has been killed and 26 injured in renewed clashes between supporters and opponents of the deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo.
[04:21.98]Rival activists threw stones at each other in Tahrir Square and police fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowds.