UN: Violence kills 670 across Iraq in February

In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, Iraqi security forces celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces and the US-led coalition say the government has regained full control of Ramadi after pushing Islamic State group fighters out of the city’s outskirts. The Ministry of Interior said in a statement Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 that a road linking Ramadi to the capital Baghdad is also back under government control. AP FILE PHOTO

BAGHDAD — The United Nations says continuous violence has left at least 670 Iraqis dead in February, of whom about two-thirds were civilians.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as UNAMI, put the number of the killed civilians at 410 included the federal police, civil defense forces and personal security details. The rest were security forces, including Kurdish peshmerga and paramilitary troops.

It added that a total of 1,290 people were wounded, including 1,050 civilians. Last month causality figures were at least 849 killed and 1,450 wounded.

Last month saw significant deterioration in Iraq’s security situation, with two massive bombings in as many days by the Islamic State group in the town of Muqdadiyah and in Baghdad that killed at least 110 people.

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