The U.N. mission to Iraq said Wednesday that violence resulted in the deaths of 7,818 civilians in 2013, the highest annual death toll in years. The U.N. figures showed that a total of 759 people were killed in the month of December alone, including 661 civilians and 98 members of the security forces. The monthly figures for both civilians and security forces over the year totaled 8,868. -- SPA 21:13 LOCAL TIME 18:13 GMT تغريد
