At least 15,000 civilian victims in Iraq since 2014 - UN

At least 15,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 30,000 wounded during the armed conflict in Iraq since the start of 2014, the United Nations announced.

Izvor: AFP

Monday, 13.07.2015.

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At least 15,000 civilian victims in Iraq since 2014 - UN

In it, the world organization "recorded at least 44,136 civilian casualties (14,947 killed and 29,189 wounded) as a result of the non-international armed conflict in Iraq."

AFP reported that the figure "only accounts for casualties it was able to verify and acknowledges the real toll may be much higher."

The agency added that conflict began when jihadists took over parts of the Anbar province in early 2014, and and that while "there are no official figures" - "thousands of fighters from the Islamic State jihadist group and from the Iraqi forces battling it have also died over the same period."

At the same time, the International Organization for Migration data shows that more than three million Iraqis have been displaced since the start of the armed conflict.

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