Baghdad, Dec 24 (IANS): Over two million people in Iraq have been displaced internally as a result of atrocities committed by Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) has said.

An estimated 2,086,356 Iraqis have been displaced in the crisis-hit country from the beginning of January 2014 to Dec 9, 2014, according to an IOM statement released Tuesday.

The report further notes that the Iraqi people have been dispersed across 2,049 distinct locations in the country.

A similar report by the same organisation in October showed that an estimated 1,814,862 people (302,477 families) had been displaced in the strife-torm Middle Eastern country. The report had covered internal displacement from January 2014 to Oct 5, 2014.

The report also indicated that Nineveh and Anbar provinces of Iraq had the largest displaced population with 147,875 and 83,979 families respectively. The two provinces are the areas most affected by the current crisis in Iraq.

The IOM report in October had further revealed that heavy fighting in the city of Hit in Iraq's restive western province of Al Anbar had forced over 3,708 families to flee. It additionally suggested that Iraq's Kurdistan region houses 142,380 displaced families.

IS terrorists operating in Iraq have committed many atrocities targeting civilians, compelling them to flee their homes.