At least 11,118 Iraqis, mostly civilians, were killed in violence across the country this year.

At least 11,118 Iraqis, mostly civilians, were killed in violence across the country this year, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said Thursday.

According to UNAMI, Baghdad saw most of the violence, which included explosions and clashes, while the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group claimed responsibility for most of the attacks.

Meanwhile, Maitham al-Ghazzi, a member of the Iraqi parliament’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the situation calls for more enhanced international cooperation to combat terrorism.

Iraqi security forces, backed by the US-led international coalition and Volunteer Forces (al-Hashd al-Shaabi), as well as Kurdish Peshmerga forces, have been fighting ISIL for more than a year in northern and western Iraq.