Anbar Violence

More than 90,000 people have fled their homes in Iraq's western province of Anbar where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground over the past week, the United Nations said on Sunday.

A team of US troops was on the ground in Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday as Washington steps up efforts to help Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group.

Acts of violence across Iraq killed at least 1,119 people last month, according to UN figures released Wednesday excluding the restive western province of Anbar and casualties among jihadists.

A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital on Saturday night, killing at least 44 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the country's restive Anbar province, authorities said.

Violence in Iraq, including the shelling of a militant-held city, a suicide bombing and shootings, killed 20 people on Saturday as officials tallied votes from last month's parliamentary election.

Attacks across Baghdad, including car bombs at an up-scale shopping mall and near a juvenile detention centre, killed 21 people on Saturday as rising violence fuels fears of all-out sectarian war.

Fighting between security forces and al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province has killed at least 60 people over the past two weeks, an official said on Saturday.

More than 90,000 people have fled their homes in Iraq's western province of Anbar where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground over the past week, the United Nations said on Sunday.

A team of US troops was on the ground in Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday as Washington steps up efforts to help Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group.

Acts of violence across Iraq killed at least 1,119 people last month, according to UN figures released Wednesday excluding the restive western province of Anbar and casualties among jihadists.

A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital on Saturday night, killing at least 44 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the country's restive Anbar province, authorities said.

Violence in Iraq, including the shelling of a militant-held city, a suicide bombing and shootings, killed 20 people on Saturday as officials tallied votes from last month's parliamentary election.

Attacks across Baghdad, including car bombs at an up-scale shopping mall and near a juvenile detention centre, killed 21 people on Saturday as rising violence fuels fears of all-out sectarian war.

Fighting between security forces and al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province has killed at least 60 people over the past two weeks, an official said on Saturday.