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From the Liveblog of Tuesday, December 1, 2015

UN says 888 killed in Iraq violence in November

1 December 2015, 3:51 pm

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The United Nations says 888 people were killed in violence in Iraq in November, up from 714 the previous month.

The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq says in a statement Tuesday that 489 of those killed in November were civilians, including police. The other 399 were members of Iraqi security forces, including the Kurdish peshmerga, Interior Ministry SWAT forces and militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army.

The figures do not include casualties in Anbar province, which the UN says it could not obtain or verify. Much of the vast desert province, including the city of Fallujah and the provincial capital Ramadi is controlled by the Islamic State group.

The UN says 1,237 civilians were wounded in November.

Iraqi security forces take combat positions at the front line with Islamic State fighters as Iraqi Army and allied Sunni volunteer tribal fighters supported by US-led coalition airstrikes tighten the siege of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Osama Sami) — Iraqi security forces take combat positions at the front line with Islamic State fighters as Iraqi Army and allied Sunni volunteer tribal fighters supported by US-led coalition airstrikes tighten the siege of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)

— AP

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