The outcome of the number of victims in Iraq for the month of August 2016 issued by the United Nations

·       The outcome of the number of victims in Iraq for the month of August 2016 issued by the United Nations

BAGHDAD, Iraq, September 1, 2016- - According to the figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), the deaths of a total of 691 Iraqis and wounded 1,016 others wounded in acts of terrorism and violence and armed conflict that occurred in Iraq, with the exception of al-Anbar province, during the month of August 2016  .

The number of civilian deaths in August, 473 people (including 16 employees of the federal police and members of the civil defense of the "awakening" and employees of protections and personal police protect facilities and employees of the fire), and the number of civilians wounded 813 people (including 21 employees of the federal police and employees of the Defense civil of "Awakening" and employees of protections and personal police protect facilities and employees of the fire).

And killed a total of 218 employees of an element of the Iraqi security forces (including members of the Peshmerga forces and special functions and militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army, with the exception of Anbar operations) and the wounding of 203 others.

According to the number of victims recorded by the Mission for the month of August, Baghdad was the worst affected province, with a total of civilian casualties amounted to 907 people (231 people dead and 676 injured). It was followed by Nineveh, where he fell 116 dead and 83 wounded, and the number of victims in the province of Kirkuk, 81 people were killed and 13 wounded, while the fall in the province of Karbala, 17 dead and 25 injured, and Salahuddin 14 people were killed and four wounded, and Diyala, where six people were killed and wounded 5 others.

It was not possible for the mission to get the outcome of the numbers of casualties among civilians for the month of August of Anbar Health Directorate.

He said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Mr. Jan Kubis: "No bloodshed continues unabated in Iraq. Nor the number of victims is high, and civilians are still suffering the most from the new result."

He said Kubis, saying "in the past few days, suicide bombers attacked Daesh wedding in the Ain al-Tamur in Karbala, which led to the killing and wounding many people, as I got bombings in the capital Baghdad. We strongly condemn these terrorist attacks and other acts of violence, and we reiterate our call to all parties to do everything possible to protect the lives of civilians, and urge the public to show Iraqis the power to join forces in the face of the unrelenting violence. "

* Clarification: In general, the mission has faced obstacles in verifying effectively the number of victims in the conflict zones. The mission was able in some cases to verify the authenticity of some of the incidents only partially. The mission also received, without being able to validate it, reports reported the occurrence of large numbers of victims, along with an unknown number of people who died as a result of side effects of the violence after fleeing their homes because of their exposure to conditions such as lack of water, food, medicines and health care . For these reasons, it should be regarded as the figures presented here as an absolute minimum. (It was not possible for the mission to get the outcome of the numbers of casualties among civilians for the month of Anbar Health Directorate).