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| (Shafaaq News) |
Violence continued to decline across Iraq at the end of November. There were the fewest reported incidents in any week of the year during the fourth week of the month.
From November 22-28 only 28 incidents were reported in Iraq.
That was the lowest figure in 2018. The previous low was 31 incidents from
October 21-28. No province was in double figures in incidents with Diyala
leading the country with 8. For most weeks Baghdad has had the most incidents,
but this time it was third with just 5.
Security
Incidents In Iraq By Province Nov 22-28, 2018
Anbar 1
Basra 1
Salahaddin 1
Kirkuk 2
Kurdistan 4
Baghdad 5
Ninewa 6
Diyala 8
Casualties
In Iraq By Province Nov 22-28, 2018
Basra 1 (1 W)
Salahaddin 1 (1 K)
Kirkuk 3 (1 K, 2 W)
Anbar 4 (4 W)
Baghdad 10 (6 K, 4 W)
Kurdistan 10 (10 K)
Diyala 14 (10 K, 4 W)
Ninewa 24 (9 K, 15 W)
With the low number of incidents there were few casualties
as well. 37 deaths were reported made up of 4 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), 8
Hashd al-Shaabi, 10 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), and 15 civilians. Another 30
were wounded consisting of 4 Hashd, 8 ISF, and 18 civilians. Ninewa had the
most casualties with 24.
During the week Ankara
claimed
it killed 10 members of the PKK in four air strikes. Every week for several
months now Turkey has regularly bombed PKK positions in northern Kurdistan.
For a few weeks the Islamic State picked up its operations
in Anbar, although the number of incidents remained low. That has now ended.
There was just one attack in the province during the week when an IED
hit some Iraqi soldiers near the Jordanian border, wounding four.
Violence has also fallen off in central Iraq. Earlier in the
year Diyala, Kirkuk and Salahaddin were all averaging double digits in
incidents. This week there was only a total of 16 incidents across all three.
In Diyala, a Municipal Ministry worker was assassinated,
and a soldier was killed by a sniper
at a checkpoint. In Kirkuk, two men kidnapped by IS were
freed. In Salahaddin a school principal was kidnapped
and then his body was found, but it was not clear that this was done by militants.
Central Iraq remains the core base for the rebuilding insurgency. Their attacks
have always ebbed and flowed and this is one of those down periods.
IS is making its presence known in Ninewa again. There were
6 incidents there including two attacks
upon villages,
and a bus being hit by an IED that killed 4 and wounded 7. This uptick in
violence only started a few weeks ago.
Islamic
State Activity in Anbar 2018
|
Anbar
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jun
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Aug
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Sep
|
3
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
Oct
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Nov
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Islamic
State Activity in Central Iraq 2018
|
Diyala
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Mortars
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jan
|
20
|
24
|
2
|
7
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
14
|
13
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
29
|
21
|
14
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
13
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
11
|
11
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
32
|
17
|
5
|
12
|
-
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
20
|
19
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Aug
|
17
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sep
|
20
|
12
|
5
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
Oct
|
11
|
22
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Nov
|
16
|
10
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Mortars
Rockets
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jan
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
21
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
22
|
15
|
11
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
18
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
14
|
28
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
25
|
12
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
10
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
7
|
20
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Aug
|
7
|
20
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
Sep
|
14
|
25
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Oct
|
16
|
29
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
Nov
|
6
|
7
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Salahaddin
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Mortars
Rockets
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jan
|
11
|
9
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
23
|
8
|
9
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
May
|
14
|
10
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
15
|
15
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Jul
|
9
|
6
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Aug
|
9
|
15
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Sep
|
5
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
Oct
|
2
|
9
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Nov
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
Islamic
State Activity in Ninewa 2018
|
Ninewa
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jun
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
9
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Aug
|
9
|
9
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sep
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Oct
|
13
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Nov
|
9
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
(Gun Battles, Attacks on
Checkpoints, Attacks on Mukhtars, Attacks on Towns are all subsets of the total
number of shootings and IEDs/Sticky Bombs reported)
Suicide-Car
Bombs In Iraq 2018
|
Month
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
Totals
|
|
Jan
|
7
(1- Diyala,
3 – Baghdad,
3 - Kirkuk)
|
6
(1- Anbar,
1 – Diyala,
1 – Kirkuk,
1 – Salahaddin,
2 - Babil)
|
13
|
|
Feb
|
4
(1 – Anbar
1 – Diyala
1 – Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
-
|
4
|
|
Mar
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk
1 - Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Apr
|
4
(1 - Salahaddin
3 – Anbar)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk) |
5
|
|
May
|
8
(1 – Diyala
1 - Salahaddin)
2 – Baghdad
4 - Kirkuk)
|
-
|
8
|
|
Jun
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin) |
1
|
|
|
Jul
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk)
|
2
|
|
Aug
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
2
(1 – Anbar,
1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Sep
|
6
(1 – Ninewa)
2 – Anbar
3 – Salahaddin)
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk
1 – Salahaddin)
|
8
|
|
Oct
|
2
(1 - Anbar
1 –
Salahaddin)
|
3
(1 – Anbar
1 – Kirkuk
1 -
Ninewa)
|
5
|
|
Nov
|
-
|
3
(1 -
Ninewa
2 –
Salahaddin)
|
3
|
Security In Iraq 2017-18
|
Week
|
Security
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
|
JAN 2017
|
719
|
1,923
|
4,374
|
|
FEB
|
628
|
1,891 + 399
|
2,511 + 1,634
|
|
MAR
|
720
|
3,504 + 278
|
3,302 + 2,925
|
|
APR
|
578
|
2,933
|
1,955
|
|
MAY
|
528
|
2,038
|
1,563
|
|
JUN
|
534
|
2,038
|
1,563
|
|
JUL
|
478
|
1,490
|
650
|
|
AUG
|
359
|
1,949
|
584
|
|
SEP
|
306
|
728
|
549
|
|
OCT
|
286
|
913
|
865 + 1,700
|
|
NOV
|
296
|
1,282
|
425
|
|
DEC
|
261
|
763
|
300
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
71
|
50
|
66
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
64
|
62
|
70
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
68
|
156
|
151
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
68
|
148
|
66
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
27
|
23
|
22
|
|
JAN 2018
|
298
|
439
(218 Violent
Deaths)
|
375
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
66
|
196
|
67
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
65
|
63
|
93
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
59
|
346
|
43
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
55
|
44
|
72
|
|
FEB
|
245
|
649
(233 Violent Deaths)
|
275
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
78
|
120
|
84
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
60
|
84
|
61
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
67
|
168
|
98
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
81
|
213
|
61
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
21
|
26
|
35
|
|
MAR
|
307
|
611
(466 Violent Deaths)
|
339
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
40
|
174
|
29
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
64
|
175
|
83
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
44
|
63
|
72
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
44
|
62
|
48
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
12
|
12
|
4
|
|
APR
|
204
|
486
(240 Violent Deaths)
|
236
|
|
May 1-7
|
51
|
57
|
56
|
|
May 8-14
|
56
|
68
|
49
|
|
May 15-21
|
39
|
58
|
82
|
|
May 22-28
|
51
|
73
|
51
|
|
May 29-31
|
21
|
42
|
15
|
|
MAY
|
218
|
298
(273 Violent
Deaths)
|
253
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
55
|
100
|
32
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
72
|
108
|
88
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
42
|
83
|
19
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
52
|
58
|
65
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
18
|
22
|
14
|
|
JUN
|
239
|
371
(327 Violent
Deaths)
|
218
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
56
|
58
|
91
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
44
|
57
|
31
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
54
|
61
|
64
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
36
|
65
|
21
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
24
|
26
|
11
|
|
JUL
|
214
|
267
(222 Violent
Deaths)
|
218
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
49
|
57
|
30
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
47
|
43
|
51
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
45
|
26
|
45
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
42
|
29
|
64
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
33
|
69
|
44
|
|
AUG
|
216
|
224
(209 Violent
Deaths)
|
234
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
45
|
46
|
61
|
|
Sep 8-14
|
57
|
67
|
127
|
|
Sep 15-21
|
50
|
93
|
71
|
|
Sep 22-28
|
47
|
27
|
33
|
|
Sep 29-30
|
11
|
20
|
29
|
|
SEP
|
210
|
253
(195 Violent
Deaths)
|
321
|
|
Oct 1-7
|
60
|
88
|
94
|
|
Oct 8-14
|
50
|
169
|
48
|
|
Oct 15-21
|
56
|
88
|
37
|
|
Oct 22-28
|
31
|
28
|
54
|
|
Oct 29-31
|
25
|
10
|
24
|
|
OCT
|
222
|
383
(193 Violent
Deaths)
|
257
|
|
Nov 1-7
|
38
|
80
|
46
|
|
Nov 8-14
|
42
|
112
|
19
|
|
Nov 15-21
|
36
|
56
|
29
|
|
Nov 22-28
|
28
|
37
|
30
|
Violence By
Province Nov 22-28, 2018
|
Anbar
|
1 Incident
4 Wounded
4 ISF
1 IED
|
|
Baghdad
|
5
Incidents
6 Killed
6 Civilians
4 Wounded
4 Civilians
2 Shootings
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Grenade
|
|
Basra
|
1 Incident
1 Wounded
1 ISF
1 Shooting
|
|
Diyala
|
8
Incidents
10 Killed
1 ISF
3 Civilians
6 Hashd
4 Wounded
2 Civilians
2 ISF
5 Shootings
3 IEDs
|
|
Kirkuk
|
2
Incidents
1 Killed
1 ISF
2 Wounded
2 Civilians
1 Shooting
|
|
Kurdistan
|
4
Incidents
10 Killed
10 PKK
4 Turkish Air Strikes
|
|
Ninewa
|
6
Incidents
9 Killed
2 Hashd
2 ISF
5 Civilians
15 Wounded
1 ISF
4 Hashd
10 Civilians
2 Shootings
4 IEDs
|
|
Salahaddin
|
1 Incident
1 Killed
1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
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Anadolu Agency, "Turkish jets 'neutralize'
six terrorists in northern Iraq," 11/25/18
Ebraheem, Mohammed "11 Iraqi students
killed, wounded as bomb blast targets school bus in Mosul," Iraqi News,
11/22/18
- "Islamic State sniper shoots Iraqi
soldier dead near Diyala checkpoint," Iraqi News, 11/28/18
Al Forat, "The liberation of two abductees
and the destruction of a Daash tunnel in Kirkuk," 11/25/18
Iraq Newspaper, "The Popular Crowd Is Now
Repulsing An Attack On Daash Terrorists Near Shirqat In Mosul," 11/22/18
Al Maalomah, "Gunmen assassinate western
employee in Baquba," 11/24/18
- "Jordanian troops discover four Iraqi
soldiers wounded in an explosion inside the Iraqi border," 11/23/18
Mehmet, Fatih Hafiz, "12 PKK terrorists
'neutralized' in N. Iraq, SE Turkey," Anadolu Agency, 11/27/18
NINA, "A Mukhar killed by gunmen fire west
of Mosul," 11/25/18
Sotaliraq, "The body of a school principal
was found hours after he was abducted in Salahaddin," 1128/18
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