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| (Iraqi News) |
The Islamic State’s new spring-winter offensive is in its second month. There has been a steady increase in incidents and casualties as a result. The last week of May for example saw the most attacks since October 2018.
There were 43
incidents from May 22-28, 2019. That was the most since 50 were recorded from
October 15-21, 2018. Salahaddin with 10, Ninewa with 9, and Diyala and Kirkuk
with 8 each had the most attacks during the month.
Security
Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
May 1-7
|
May 8-14
|
May 15-21
|
May 22-28
|
|
Anbar
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
|
Babil
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
2
|
4/3
|
3
|
|
Diyala
|
5
|
4
|
17
|
8
|
|
Kirkuk
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
|
Ninewa
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
9
|
|
Salahaddin
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
|
TOTALS
|
18
|
24
|
37/36
|
43
|
Casualties
In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
May 1-7
|
May 8-14
|
May 15-21
|
May 22-28
|
|
Anbar
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
13
(7K, 6W)
|
|
Babil
|
2
(2W)
|
3
(3W)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
23
(9K, 14W)
|
2
(2K)
|
3
(3K)
|
|
Diyala
|
5
(2K, 3w)
|
5
(3K, 2W)
|
37
(10K, 27W)
|
7
(1K, 6W)
|
|
Kirkuk
|
11
(5K, 6W)
|
12
(4K, 8W)
|
15
(9K, 6W)
|
19
(5K, 14W)
|
|
Ninewa
|
3
(1K, 2W)
|
20
(10K, 10W)
|
47
(41K, 6W)
|
15
(7K, 8W)
|
|
Salahaddin
|
5
(1K, 4W)
|
9
(5K, 4W)
|
-
|
36
(16K, 20 W)
|
|
TOTALS
|
26 (9K, 17W)
|
72 (31K, 41W)
|
101 (62K, 39W)
|
93 (39K, 54W)
|
There were 93
casualties during the week. 39 were killed including 1 Peshmerga, 5 Iraqi
Security Forces (ISF), 7 Hashd al-Shaabi, and 26 civilians. Another 54 people
were wounded made up of 5 Hashd, 12 ISF, and 37 civilians. Salahaddin with 36
casualties had the most of the six provinces with violence.
Attacks have been
very low in Anbar the last few months but there were significant ones this
week. There were two car bombs, one in the Qaim district and the other in the Haditha district, both in the west. The last car bomb in the
province was at the start of April. Although not in urban areas the return of
vehicle bombs was another sign that IS has started a new campaign in Iraq.
There were just
three incidents in Baghdad, but one was a car bomb that was discovered in the Abu Ghraib district in the west and
dismantled. IS has almost forgotten about the capital during its rebuilding
stage, but it needs to hit it to stay relevant. A car bomb attempt was a sure
sign that it was now moving in that direction.
Diyala, Kirkuk,
Ninewa and Salahaddin are the center of IS activity in Iraq. In Diyala there
were 8 incidents. That included fields being burned, farmers attacked, two gun battles, two attacks upon checkpoints, and two mortar incidents. In Kirkuk, all 8 incidents involved farms being burned. IS
also started the nasty tactic of planting IEDs in the fields or on the roads
leading to them to kill and wound people as they try to put the fires out. Five
more farms were burned in Ninewa. There was also a truck bomb in a market and IS posted a video of it executing a Peshmerga in the Sinjar
district. Finally, in Salahaddin there were 10 incidents. Two farms were burned
there and IS made an attempt on a third one. The group also attacked the Alas oil field twice during the week. These four provinces always have the most violence.
Starting last week IS started the new tactic of burning farms. That was likely
to extort money from the locals. The insurgents are also always challenging the
local security forces that have a sparse presence in the rural areas IS is
operating in. The goal is to rebuild its finances. Find areas to build bases so
that it can train cadres, and eventually move from the countryside into the
urban areas once again.
Islamic
State Activity in Iraq 2018-19
|
Anbar
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
45
|
67
|
13
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
|
Jan 2019
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
10
|
11
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
2019
Totals
|
21
|
26
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
|
Diyala
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
219
|
198
|
47
|
43
|
5
|
13
|
25
|
3
|
1
|
|
Jan 2019
|
21
|
2
|
3
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
18
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
13
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
10
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
12
(9 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
69
|
37
|
14
|
25
|
1
|
-
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
172
|
182
|
39
|
18
|
10
|
14
|
29
|
9
|
6
|
|
Jan 2019
|
8
|
17
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
5
|
11
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
5
|
9
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
9
|
10
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
12
(12 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
36
|
52
|
10
|
8
|
5
|
5
|
15
|
-
|
1
|
|
Ninewa
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
139
|
74
|
43
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
|
Jan 2019
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Mar
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
7
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
6
(5 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
1
|
|
2019
Totals
|
33
|
18
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
10
|
-
|
3
|
|
Salahaddin
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
110
|
102
|
41
|
18
|
1
|
16
|
4
|
9
|
5
|
|
Jan 2019
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
7
|
11
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
6
(5 Farms
Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
25
|
29
|
13
|
2
|
-
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
(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 2018-19
|
Month
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
Totals
|
|
Jan
|
7
(1- Diyala,
3 – Baghdad/Baghdad,
3 - Kirkuk)
|
6
(1- Anbar,
1 – Diyala,
1 – Kirkuk,
1 – Salahaddin,
2 - Babil)
|
13
|
|
Feb
|
4
(1 – Anbar/Ramadi
1 – Diyala
1 – Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
-
|
4
|
|
Mar
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk
1 - Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Apr
|
4
(1 - Salahaddin
3 – Anbar)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk) |
5
|
|
May
|
8
(1 – Diyala
1 - Salahaddin)
2 – Baghdad/1 - Baghdad
4 - Kirkuk)
|
-
|
8
|
|
Jun
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit) |
1
|
|
|
Jul
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk/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/Fallujah
1 – Salahaddin)
|
3
(1 – Anbar/Fallujah
1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
5
|
|
Nov
|
-
|
3
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul
2 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
3
|
|
Dec
|
-
|
1
(1 – Ninewa)
|
1
|
|
Jan
|
1
(1 – Anbar)
|
3
(1 – Anbar
1 – Kirkuk
1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
4
|
|
Feb
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul)
|
2
|
|
Mar
|
-
|
1
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul)
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
-
|
2
(1 – Anbar
1 - Salahaddin)
|
2
|
|
May
|
1
(1 – Baghdad)
|
3
(2 – Anbar
1 – Ninewa)
|
4
|
Security In Iraq 2018-19
|
Week
|
Security
Incidents
(Total/By IS)
|
Dead
(Total/By IS)
|
Wounded
(Total/By IS)
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
62/60
|
45
|
63
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
58/56
|
58/56
|
66/63
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
62/59
|
151
|
151
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
59/51
|
140/136
|
65/63
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
24
|
21
|
21
|
|
JAN 2018
|
265/
250 by IS
|
417/
409 by IS
(196 Violent Deaths)
|
366/
361 by IS
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
58/56
|
192/141
|
62/60
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
57
|
58
|
91
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
53/52
|
343
|
43
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
46/44
|
38/37
|
70/68
|
|
FEB
|
214/
209 by IS
|
631/
579 by IS
(215 Violent Deaths)
|
266/
262 by IS
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
68/64
|
115/108
|
79/77
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
52
|
75
|
59
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
64/59
|
165/119
|
98
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
77/64
|
210/87
|
61/60
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
19/18
|
26/25
|
34
|
|
MAR
|
280/
257 by IS
|
591/
414 by IS
(446 Violent Deaths)
|
331/
328 by IS
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
38/34
|
172/140
|
27/25
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
60/52
|
173/136
|
81/72
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
43/35
|
63/18
|
72/70
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
40/31
|
60/30
|
39/33
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
12/11
|
14/11
|
4
|
|
APR
|
193/
163 by IS
|
482/
335 by IS
(236 Violent Deaths)
|
223/
204 by IS
|
|
May 1-7
|
45/39
|
52/43
|
55/54
|
|
May 8-14
|
55/51
|
68/46
|
49
|
|
May 15-21
|
35/32
|
55/26
|
80/75
|
|
May 22-28
|
49/46
|
72/62
|
51/49
|
|
May 29-31
|
16/13
|
39/30
|
15
|
|
MAY
|
200/
181 by IS
|
286/
207 by IS
(261 Violent Deaths)
|
250/
242 by IS
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
50/44
|
96/87
|
29/28
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
67/59
|
107/47
|
88
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
40/35
|
82/28
|
19
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
45/44
|
53/38
|
62
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
17/15
|
21/16
|
14
|
|
JUN
|
219/
197 by IS
|
359/
216 by IS
(315 Violent Deaths)
|
212/
211 by IS
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
50/49
|
56/52
|
90
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
42/39
|
56/47
|
31
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
50/45
|
59/42
|
63
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
29/24
|
61/53
|
19/15
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
23/21
|
25/13
|
11
|
|
JUL
|
194/
178 by IS
|
257/
207 by IS
(212 Violent Deaths)
|
214/
210 by IS
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
43/39
|
49/45
|
30/29
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
43/42
|
38
|
44
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
38/35
|
24/21
|
40/37
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
35/31
|
25/19
|
61
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
27/24
|
68/30
|
43
|
|
AUG
|
186/
171 by IS
|
204/
153 by IS
(189 Violent Deaths)
|
218/
214 by IS
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
38
|
44
|
54
|
|
Sep 8-14
|
48/43
|
63/55
|
127
|
|
Sep 15-21
|
44/38
|
90/74
|
70
|
|
Sep 22-28
|
36/33
|
22/17
|
27/26
|
|
Sep 29-30
|
9/6
|
19/10
|
29/25
|
|
SEP
|
175/
158 by IS
|
237/
200 by IS
(179 Violent Deaths)
|
307/
302 by IS
|
|
Oct 1-7
|
54/49
|
85/25
|
92
|
|
Oct 8-14
|
43/41
|
161/152
|
41
|
|
Oct 15-21
|
54/50
|
87/72
|
35
|
|
Oct 22-28
|
24/23
|
24/20
|
53
|
|
Oct 29-31
|
23
|
10
|
24
|
|
OCT
|
198/
186 by IS
|
367/
279 by IS
(177 Violent Deaths)
|
245 by IS
|
|
Nov 1-7
|
32/31
|
75/69
|
36
|
|
Nov 8-14
|
39/31
|
111/63
|
19
|
|
Nov 15-21
|
30/27
|
51/43
|
29
|
|
Nov 22-28
|
26/21
|
35/25
|
30
|
|
Nov 29-30
|
9/8
|
4
|
27
|
|
NOV
|
136/
118 by IS
|
276/
204 by IS
(183 Violent Deaths_
|
141 by IS
|
|
Dec 1-7
|
22/15
|
21/8
|
11
|
|
Dec 8-14
|
22
|
15
|
22
|
|
Dec 15-21
|
23/21
|
23/16
|
17
|
|
Dec 22-28
|
30/28
|
24/18
|
37
|
|
Dec 29-31
|
15/14
|
225/220
|
4
|
|
DEC
|
112/
100 by IS
|
308/
277 by IS
(96 Violent
Deaths)
|
91 by IS
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
32/31
|
17/10
|
24
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
32/30
|
97/94
|
53
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
22/18
|
17/11
|
16/14
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
27/22
|
36/17
|
31
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
|
JAN
|
125/
114 by IS
|
174/
139 by IS
(108 Violent
Deaths)
|
130/
128 by IS
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
29/28
|
76
|
30
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
24
|
26
|
18
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
40
|
112
|
12
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
36
|
70
|
|
FEB
|
118/
117 by IS
|
250 by IS
(115 Violent
Deaths)
|
130 by IS
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
13
|
22
|
45
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
19/18
|
75/10
|
37
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
12/11
|
66/37
|
21/11
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
13/12
|
8/5
|
1
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
|
MAR
|
63/
61 by IS
|
179/
147 by IS
(54 Violent
Deaths)
|
111/
101 by IS
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
20
|
22
|
13
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
41
|
28
|
42
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
17/16
|
9/8
|
26
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
19/18
|
45/10
|
15
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
APR
|
99 by IS/97
|
105 by IS
(69 Violent
Deaths)
|
100 by IS
|
|
May 1-7
|
18/17
|
9
|
17
|
|
May 8-14
|
24
|
31
|
41
|
|
May 15-21
|
37/36
|
62
|
39
|
|
May 22-28
|
43
|
39
|
54
|
Violence
By Province May 22-28, 2019
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Anbar
|
5 Incidents
7 Killed
1 ISF
2
Civilians
4 Hashd
6 Wounded
1
Civilian
1 ISF
4 Hashd
1
Shooting
2 IEDs
2 Car
Bombs
|
|
Baghdad
|
3 Incidents
3 Killed
3
Civilians
2
Shootings
1 Car
Bomb Dismantled
|
|
Diyala
|
8 Incidents
1 Killed
1 ISF
6 Wounded
1 ISF
5
Civilians
5
Shootings
2
Mortars
1 Farm
Burned
|
|
Kirkuk
|
8 Incidents
5 Killed
1 ISF
4
Civilians
14 Wounded
2 ISF
12
Civilians
3 IEDs
8 Farms
Burned
|
|
Ninewa
|
9 Incidents
7 Killed
1 Peshmerga
6
Civilians
8 Wounded
8
Civilians
1
Shooting
1 IED
1 Truck
Bomb
5 Farms
Burned
1
Motorcycle Bomb Dismantled
|
|
Salahaddin
|
10 Incidents
16 Killed
2 ISF
3 Hashd
11
Civilians
20 Wounded
1 Hashd
8 ISF
11
Civilians
5
Shootings
5 IEDs
2 Farms Burned
|
SOURCES
Adel, Loaa, "13 mortar shells fall on
Kanaan City in Diyala Province," Iraqi News, 5/23/19
- "Bomb blasts, IS attack leave 7 dead in
Sharqat," Iraqi News, 5/25/19
- "Security forces
thwart bomb attack in Baghdad," Iraqi News, 5/27/19
Ali, Sangar, "Iraqi
forces thwart ISIS attack on oilfields near Tikrit," Kurdistan 24, 5/28/19
Baghdad Post, "Civil Defense: 770 dunums of
wheat and barley burned within 24 hours," 5/24/19
- "One soldier was killed and another
injured by a terrorist attack on two checkpoints in Baquba," 5/28/19
Baghdad Today, "Video..Violent clashes
between the people and Daesh on the borders of Diyala - Salahaddin,"
5/28/19
Ebraheem, Mohammed,
"Bomb attack kills two paramilitary fighters in Iraq's Anbar," Iraqi
News, 5/28/19
Hath Al-Youm, "Peshmerga leader: burning
crops in front of the eyes of Iraqi forces without deterrent," 5/27/19
Iraq Newspaper, "The Terrorist Daesh
Capture And Killing Of Peshmerga In Sinjar And Publishes Their Pictures In The
US," 5/28/19
Kurdistan 24, "ISIS bombing kills 5,
injures 10 who were extinguishing fire in disputed Kirkuk: source,"
5/26/19
NINA, "13 Mortar Shells Land In A Village
South Of Baquba," 5/22/19
Reuters, "Two killed
in Iraq after vehicle explodes in car wash," 5/23/19
Rudaw, "Fires, explosions at Kirkuk's farms
blamed on ISIS kill 4, wound 7," 5/26/19
Shafaaq News, "Killed and injured six
members of the energy police in Salahaddin," 5/22/19
- "Two brothers were injured as a result of
an explosive device while trying to extinguish fires south of Kirkuk,"
5/23/19
- "Unknown gunmen set fire to fields in an
Iraqi province," 5/24/19
Sotaliraq, "A new fire broke out in farms
southwest of Kirkuk," 5/22/19
Al Sumaria, "Ten terrorists killed, two
vehicles destroyed and two tanker trucks destroyed in Al-Alas," 5/28/19
Xinhua, "2 IS militants killed, 3 civilians
wounded in clash in eastern Iraq," 5/27/19
- "2 killed in car
bomb attack near Iraqi border with Syria," 5/23/19
- "3 civilians killed
in car bomb explosion in western Iraq," 4/5/19
- "5 IS militants killed in attacks in
central Iraq," 5/25/19
- "5 killed in truck
bomb explosion in Iraq's Nineveh province," 5/26/19
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