For the eighth straight week violence in Iraq remained at a
relatively low level. The government launched two new offensives. One was a
mopping up operation in Anbar, while both the army and Peshmerga made pushes in
Ninewa.
There were 120 security incidents reported in the press from
August 8-14, 2016. That was up from 109 the first week of August, but still
inline with the 115, 123, 129, 120, and 123 incidents from the week of June 22
to the week ending on June 28.
There were 53 incidents in Baghdad, 22 in Ninewa, 14 in
Anbar, 9 in Diyala, 9 in Kirkuk, 5 in Salahaddin, 4 in Babil, 1 in Dohuk, 1 in
Irbil, 1 in Muthanna, and 1 in Sulaymaniya.
During the week there were 169 fatalities and 225 wounded. 1
Sahwa, 3 Hashd, 10 Peshmerga, 31 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),
and 124 civilians lost their lives. Another 4 Asayesh, 7 Hashd, 15 Peshmerga,
41 ISF, and 158 civilians were injured.
Baghdad was the deadliest province as usual with 76 killed.
45 also died in Ninewa, 25 in Kirkuk, 9 in Diyala, 8 in Anbar, 2 in Muthanna, 2
in Salahaddin, 1 in Dohuk, and 1 in Irbil.
The government launched the second
phase of its Khalidiya Island operation in Anbar. The area lies in between
Fallujah and Ramadi and was a major Islamic State base. Despite the area being
declared cleared, there are still lots of insurgent cells left in the area. IS
responded with a few counterattacks there, but also many in and around Ramadi
showing that the militants are moving back into that district. Finally, mortars
struck Hit twice. In total there were 14 incidents with 8 deaths and 7 wounded
during the week in the province.
Babil remained relatively quiet. There were just four
incidents and no casualties. Several houses were bombed though.
Violence has been slowly going down in the capital province.
There were 53 incidents with 76 dead and 186 wounded in Baghdad from August
8-14. Before there were regularly 60-70 incidents per week in the governorate,
but now that has gone down to 60-50. The Islamic State was still attempting
mass casualty bombings. A car bomb and a suicide bomber exploded during the
week, but both hit checkpoints in the outer southern towns limiting casualties
to 10 dead and 19 wounded in total. The south as usual was hit the most with 19
incidents, with 13 more in the north, 12 in the east, 5 in the west, 3 in the
center, and one in an unknown location.
Violence in Baghdad Aug 8-14, 2016
Center: 3 – 1 Shooting, 2
IEDs
East: 10 – 2 Kidnapping, 2
Sticky Bombs, 3 Shootings, 3 IEDs
Outer East: 2 – 2 IEDs
North: 6 – 1 Kidnapping, 1
Shooting, 2 Sticky Bombs, 2 IEDs
Outer North: 7 – 1 Shooting,
6 IEDs
South: 9 – 1 Sticky Bomb, 1
Shooting, 7 IEDs
Outer South: 10 – 1 Car Bomb,
1 Suicide Bomber, 1 Shooting, 7 IEDs
West: 4 – 4 IEDs
Outer West: 1 – 1 Shooting
Unknown: 1 – 1 Kidnapping
IS carried out its usual mix of low level attacks in Diyala.
There were 9 incidents, 9 killed, and 4 wounded. 7 of those attacks were
shootings, with 1 IED and an attack on the police with small arms and mortar
fire.
Kirkuk only reported 9 incidents during the week. IS hit the
Bai Hassan oil field again bombing the facility, which has hurt Kurdistan’s oil
sales. The group also executed 23 people in Hawija, which it is struggling to
control as the security forces draw closer.
Kurdistan witnessed some rare incidents. First, there was an
apparent political assassination in Irbil
when the nephew of the Ninewa governor was found shot dead. In Dohuk
a journalist was killed, which sparked an investigation into the causes.
Finally, in Sulaymaniya,
2 suicide bombers were intercepted with one being killed, but the other blowing
himself up, which injured 4 Asayesh.
Southern Iraq had a rare attack. In Muthanna province a car
bomb was intercepted and blew up killing two ISF and wounding five civilians.
The last time the governorate was hit was in May when two car bombs detonated.
In the 2nd week of August both the army and
Peshmerga re-started offensive operations in Ninewa. First, the army freed
four villages in the Qayara district. Then the Peshmerga
moved
into the Khazir and Gwar districts liberating
12 more towns. Both forces were trying to make way for the up coming Mosul
operation that is likely to start at the end of the year or beginning of the
next. As usual, the insurgents responded with a series of counterattacks that
left 12 ISF and 7 Peshmerga dead, and 12 more Peshmerga wounded. The militants
executed another 25 people in Mosul, Badush, and Qayara.
There were just 5 incidents in Salahaddin spread across
Baiji, Samarra, Shirqat, and Tuz Kharmato districts. Four of those were
infantry assaults, and the 5th was an IED on the police. The
governorate has only seen sporadic violence over the last few months.
There were five car bombs from August 8-14, which were the
most since 9 detonated in the third week of June. Besides the ones in Baghdad
and Muthanna, three more hit the Qayara
base in Ninewa. In total 17 people lost their lives, and another 13 were
injured. The government forces claimed they destroyed a further 10 in Anbar and
Ninewa.
Violence
In Iraq 2016
|
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
171
|
856
|
421
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
161
|
547
|
418
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
160
|
395
|
273
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
149
|
448
|
331
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
55
|
133
|
334
|
|
JAN
|
696
|
2,379
|
1,777
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
176
|
611
|
325
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
145
|
253
|
324
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
157
|
395
|
269
|
|
Feb 22-29
|
161
|
400
|
701
|
|
FEB
|
639
|
1,659
|
1,619
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
185
|
351
|
484
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
169
|
477
|
515
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
132
|
418
|
502
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
141
|
245
|
432
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
53
|
192
|
152
|
|
MAR
|
680
|
1,683
|
2,085
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
157
|
398
|
510
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
145
|
361
|
443
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
130
|
531
|
300
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
166
|
480
|
532
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
31
|
65
|
121
|
|
APR
|
629
|
1,835
|
1,906
|
|
May 1-7
|
164
|
386
|
422
|
|
May 8-14
|
147
|
407
|
687
|
|
May 15-21
|
127
|
387
|
617
|
|
May 22-28
|
150
|
315
|
445
|
|
May 29-31
|
84
|
122
|
313
|
|
MAY
|
672
|
1,612
|
2,484
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
177
|
592
|
1,639
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
136
|
345
|
472
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
154
|
416
|
523
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
123
|
329
|
410
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
40
|
429
|
3,405
|
|
JUN
|
630
|
2,111
|
6,449
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
120
|
589
|
635
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
129
|
242
|
316
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
123
|
168
|
272
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
115
|
234
|
366
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
43
|
95
|
119
|
|
JUL
|
530
|
1,328
|
1,708
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
109
|
342
|
255
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
120
|
169
|
225
|
Security
By Province Aug 8-14 2016
|
Province
|
Incidents
|
|
Anbar
|
14 Incidents
8 Killed: 2 ISF, 6 Civilians
7 Wounded: 3 ISF, 4 Civilians
5 Shootings
2 Mortars
24 Suicide Bombers killed
2 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
|
Babil
|
4 Incidents
3 IEDs
|
|
Baghdad
|
53 Incidents
76 Killed: 1 Sahwa, 3 Hashd, 12
ISF, 60 Civilians
186 Wounded: 7 Hashd, 32 ISF, 147
Civilians
9 Shootings
33 IEDs
5 Sticky Bombs
1 Suicide Bomber
1 Car Bomb
|
|
Diyala
|
9 Incidents
9 Killed: 3 ISF, 6 Civilians
4 Wounded: 4 ISF
8 Shootings
1 IED
1 Mortar
|
|
Dohuk
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
|
Irbil
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
|
Kirkuk
|
9 Incidents
25 Killed: 1 Peshmerga, 24
Civilians
1 Wounded: 1 Civilian
5 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Mortar
|
|
Muthanna
|
1 Incident
2 Killed: 2 ISF
5 Wounded: 5 Civilians
1 Car Bomb
|
|
Ninewa
|
22 Incidents
45 Killed: 7 Peshmerga, 12 ISF, 26
Civilians
13 Wounded: 1 Civilian, 12
Peshmerga
8 Shootings
9 IEDs
3 Suicide Car Bombs
2 Mortars
1 Rockets
1 Suicide Bomber killed
3 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
4 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
|
Salahaddin
|
5 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Peshmerga
5 Wounded: 2 ISF, 3 Peshmerga
4 Shootings
1 IED
|
|
Sulaymaniya
|
1 Incident
4 Wounded: 4 Asayesh
1 Suicide Bomber
|
Car
Bombs In Iraq Aug 1-7 2016
|
Date
|
Car Bombs
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
|
Aug 1
|
Shirqat,
Salahaddin – 3 destroyed
|
||
|
Aug 2
|
Hadhar &
Qayara, Ninewa – 15 destroyed
|
||
|
Aug 3
|
Tarmiya,
Baghdad – 1 destroyed
|
||
|
Aug 4
|
North
of Baquba, Diyala
|
1
|
5
|
|
Aug 5
|
|||
|
Aug 6
|
|||
|
Aug 7
|
|||
|
Totals
|
1 – 19 Destroyed
|
1
|
5
|
|
Au 8
|
|||
|
Aug 9
|
|||
|
Aug 10
|
Arab
Jabour, Baghdad
Qayara
Base x3, Ninewa
|
15
|
8
|
|
Aug 11
|
Samawa,
Muthanna
Haj Ali &
Hadhar, Ninewa – 6 destroyed
|
2
|
5
|
|
Aug 12
|
Albu Assaf &
Khalidiya Island, Anbar – 2 destroyed
|
||
|
Aug 13
|
|||
|
Aug 14
|
Azwaip, Anbar – 1
destroyed
Khazir, Ninewa – 1
destroyed
|
||
|
Totals
|
5 – 10 Destroyed
|
17
|
13
|
SOURCES
Agence
France Presse, "Iraq governor's nephew gunned down in north:
officials," 8/13/16
AIN,
"A car bomb targeting the Peshmerga between Al Khazir and Qayara,"
8/14/16
Face
Iraq, "The martyrdom and wounding of 17 people after a wave of violence
which affected the capital Baghdad and the province of Muthanna," 8/11/16
Iraqi
News, "ISIS attacks Iraqi army south of Mosul," 8/10/16
-
"Joint security forces liberate villages south of Nineveh," 8/14/16
-
"Nineveh council announces liberating seven villages east of Mosul,"
8/14/16
-
"Nineveh Operations liberate four villages south of Mosul," 8/13/16
-
"Peshmerga ends its offensive in Mosul," 8/15/16
Al
Maalomah, "Federal police destroyed a car bomb west of Ramadi,"
8/12/16
-
"Four suicide bombers killed and the destruction of a car bomb northeast
of Ramadi," 8/12/16
-
"The start of the second stage of cleansing Khalidiya island east of
Ramadi," 8/8/16
Al
Mada, "Army begins operation to liberate the villages south of
Mosul," 8/12/16
-
"Killing and wounding 11 soldiers in suicide bombing targeting checkpoint
south Baghdad," 8/10/16
NINA,
"Five attacks by Daash on villages of Haj Ali repelled south of
Mosul," 8/11/16
-
"Nineveh police blew up two car bombs Daash and relocating its
headquarters from Spyker to the south of Mosul," 8/11/16
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