The death toll from violence in November declined to its lowest level in a year, as rival Iraqi political blocs reached power-sharing agreement that ended political deadlock after eight months of parliamentary polls, Iraqi authorities said on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
Figures compiled by Iraqi Interior, Defense and Health ministries showed that 171 people have been killed by attacks during November across the country, including 105 civilians and 66 security members.
The data showed that the latest death toll is the lowest since November 2009.
The ministries' figures also showed that 293 people were wounded, including 155 civilians and 138 security members.
Overall violence in Iraq has dropped sharply since the height of sectarian warfare in 2006-2007, however, the decrease in November's death toll came after the rival political blocs approved earlier in the month a power-sharing deal that ended the eight-month political deadlock.
Last month, the U.S. military announced the death of two of its soldiers across the country, raising the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq to about 4,429, since the breakout of the U.S.-led war on Iraq in 2003, according to media account based on Pentagon figures.
U.S. troops in Iraq had been reduced to below 50,000 soldiers. Washington said that the remaining U.S. troops will remain in Iraq to conduct support and training missions.
U.S. military forces will pull out completely from Iraq by the end of 2011, according to the security pact named (Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA) signed late in 2008 between Baghdad and Washington.
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