Egypt has condemned a terrorist attack in central Baghdad that left 29 dead and over 50 injured on Saturday, with two bombs ripping through a busy market in the Al-Sinak neighbourhood.

Egypt's foreign ministry said on Sunday that it stands with the government and people of Iraq in their battle with terrorism.

Saturday's attack was the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital since mid-October.

Baghdad has been on high alert since 17 October, when Iraq's military launched an offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State group (IS) insurgents. The offensive is Iraq's largest military operation in years.

IS group has tried to hit back with major diversionary attacks on other targets across the country but has had little success in Baghdad. Saturday's twin bombings were the deadliest in the capital since the start of the Mosul offensive.

Egypt has repeatedly expressed its solidarity with the Iraqi government in its military operation to retake Mosul and its fight against IS in general.

Egypt, meanwhile, has been fighting an Islamist insurgency in Northern Sinai. Attacks against security forces in Egypt have mostly been claimed by an Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, a group that defines itself as a branch of IS group.