From May
15-21, 2020 there were a total of 66 incidents recorded in the media. One of
those was a pro-Iran group firing rockets at the Green Zone in Baghdad. The
65 attacks by the Islamic State were the most since the 2nd week of
June 2018 when there were 67 incidents recorded. There was 1 incident in Babil,
2 in Irbil, 4 in Ninewa, 5 in Anbar, 7 in Baghdad, 11 in Kirkuk, 12 in
Salahaddin and 24 in Diyala.
Those
incidents left 109 casualties, the second highest weekly amount of the year, and
the most Iraqi casualties during 2020. 13 Hashd al-Shaabi, 15 civilians, and 17
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) were killed and 6 civilians, 23 Hashd, and 35 ISF
were wounded. Diyala had the most casualties with 39 followed by 37 in
Salahaddin. Since IS’s new campaign started in April the militants
have been going after the security forces more than civilians, which is
something they hadn’t done since the war ended.
Attacks in
Babil, Irbil, Ninewa, Anbar, and Baghdad were all in the single digits during
the week. In Babil IS infiltrated into the Jurf al-Sakhr
district again
leading to a shoot-out that left 1 Hashd wounded. The village of Azikandi in
the Makhmour district in southern Irbil had its fields burned two days in a row. Ninewa
saw 4 incidents two of which were fields being burned
south of Mosul. A checkpoint was also attacked in the Qayara district also in the
south. Anbar witnessed 5 incidents, which was the same level as the previous
weeks. That included an infiltration attempt in Akashat which is in the west along the Syrian
border, a gun battle in Garma Island in the east, and a
car bomb being discovered. There were 7 incidents in Baghdad
including the pro-Iran rocket incident. 6 incidents by IS was the most in the
province since the third week of February. Half of the attacks took place on
one day in the Tarmiya district in the outer north including an IED which hit an army patrol, a kidnapping and a shooting. This could mark the third attempt
by the militants to infiltrate back into the governorate. IS usually carries
out at least one operation in Babil every week or so to harass the Hashd that
have turned the Jurf al-Sakrh district into a major base. Starting this year IS
has been moving into southern Irbil to attack Kurdish farms and villages having
found a weakness in security there. Burning fields is meant to drive people out
of rural areas so that IS can operate unimpeded and force farmers to pay taxes.
Anbar is mostly used as a transit point for moving men and material in from
neighboring Syria. Twice the militants made concert efforts to get back into
Baghdad but gave up each time. It must eventually focus upon the capital if it
wants to pose a serious threat to the government. It obviously has routes into
and out of the city itself, but simply hasn’t been able to sustain its
operations there. Finally, IS has a presence in western and southern Ninewa.
Those forces in the west appear to be focused upon rebuilding cadre because
there are hardly any incidents there. The south is much more active, but even
then the number of attacks has gone up and down throughout the year.
Diyala,
Kirkuk and Salahaddin saw the most violence during the week. Diyala is the
center of IS activity in Iraq. There were 24 incidents there during the week.
On May 16 alone there were 11 attacks. There was one
kidnapping, 3 electricity towers were blown up, the security forces got into 2
shoot outs, 3 checkpoints were assaulted, and 6 fields were set afire. Of the
39 casualties 29 were soldiers, police and Hashd members showing that IS is
attempting to assert military control over the rural areas it works in. The
insurgents’ main activity in Kirkuk was setting fields ablaze with 6 such
incidents. Three checkpoints were also attacked. Of the three deaths all were
from the ISF. Finally, Salahaddin had 12 incidents including an electricity tower being bombed, a police station being attacked, 2 fields being
burned along with 2 checkpoints being shot at. Like Diyala, 31 of the 37
casualties in Salahaddin came from the ISF and Hashd. In Diyala, the Islamic
State has expanded its attacks along a diagonal axis. At first, they were
concentrating upon the Jalawla-Khanaqin District in the northeast by the
Kurdistan-Iranian border where there is a gap between the Peshmerga and Iraqi
forces. In recent weeks they’ve moved south into the center hitting the
Mansuriya and Muqdadiya districts. Those four areas accounted for roughly 75%
of the incidents during the week. In Kirkuk, all the incidents take place in
the Hawija and Daquq areas in the south and southeast where the militants were
never rooted from during the war. Attacks had gone up and down in Salahaddin in
previous months. Now the militants are much more active there across a variety
of areas. For one, they hit the Tuz Kharmato district in the east three times.
IS just returned to that area and might have sent forces from northern Diyala
which is nearby. There were also two incidents in Samarra in the center, three
in Dujail in the south, and other areas. It appears that IS might be testing
out various locations in the governorate looking for vulnerable points.
Security Incidents In Iraq By Province
Province
|
May 1-7
|
May 8-14
|
May 15-21
|
Anbar
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
Babil
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
Baghdad
|
2/1 Pro-Iran
|
4
|
7/1 Pro-Iran
|
Diyala
|
15
|
22
|
24
|
Irbil
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
Kirkuk
|
9
|
5
|
11
|
Ninewa
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
Salahaddin
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
TOTAL
|
44/1
Pro-Iran
|
49
|
66/1
Pro-Iran
|
Casualties In Iraq By Province
Province
|
May 1-7
|
May 8-14
|
May 15-21
|
Anbar
|
-
|
10 (3K, 7W)
|
6 (3K, 3W)
|
Babil
|
1 (1W)
|
3 (2K, 1W)
|
1 (1W)
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
10 (10W)
|
21 (6K, 15W)
|
Diyala
|
47 (22K, 25W)
|
32 (13K, 19W)
|
39 (19K, 20W)
|
Kirkuk
|
9 (8K, 1W)
|
1 (1W)
|
3 (3K)
|
Ninewa
|
10 (6K, 4W)
|
4 (4W)
|
2 (2K)
|
Salahaddin
|
15 (11K, 4W)
|
8 (3K, 5W)
|
37 (12K, 25W)
|
TOTAL
|
83 (47K,
36W)
|
68 (21K,
47W)
|
109 (45K,
64W)
|
Islamic
State Activity in Iraq 2018-20
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
|
2019
Totals
|
185
|
112
|
33
|
63
|
2
|
6
|
29
|
2
|
-
|
Jan 2020
|
13
|
6
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Feb
|
16
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Mar
|
15
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Apr
|
20
|
17
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
May
|
34
|
16
|
8
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
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
|
2019
Totals
|
77
|
116
|
24
|
19
|
6
|
8
|
18
|
-
|
1
|
Jan 2020
|
10
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Feb
|
5
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Mar
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Apr
|
17
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
May
|
11
|
9
|
-
|
7
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
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
|
2019
Totals
|
63
|
49
|
14
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
17
|
-
|
3
|
Jan 2020
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Feb
|
5
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Mar
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Apr
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
May
|
5
|
6
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
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
|
2019
Totals
|
60
|
54
|
32
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
Jan 2020
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Feb
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Mar
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Apr
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
May
|
17
|
6
|
8
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
Security In Iraq 2019-20
Week
|
Security
Incidents
(Total/By
IS)
|
Dead
(Total/By
IS)
|
Wounded
(Total/By
IS)
|
Jan 1-7
|
32
|
17/10
|
24
|
Jan 8-14
|
32
|
94/31
|
53
|
Jan 15-21
|
22
|
17/11
|
16/14
|
Jan 22-28
|
27
|
36/17
|
31
|
Jan 29-31
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
JAN 2019
|
114
|
139
|
130/128
|
Feb 1-7
|
29/1
|
76/16
|
30
|
Feb 8-14
|
24
|
26
|
18
|
Feb 15-21
|
40
|
112/37
|
12
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
36
|
70
|
FEB
|
118/1
|
250/115
|
130
|
Mar 1-7
|
13
|
22
|
45
|
Mar 8-14
|
19
|
75/10
|
37
|
Mar 15-21
|
12
|
66/37
|
21/11
|
Mar 22-28
|
13
|
8/5
|
1
|
Mar 29-31
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
MAR
|
61
|
147
|
101
|
Apr 1-7
|
20
|
22
|
13
|
Apr 8-14
|
41
|
28
|
42
|
Apr 15-21
|
17
|
9/8
|
26
|
Apr 22-28
|
19
|
45
|
15
|
Apr 29-30
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
APR
|
99
|
105
|
100
|
May 1-7
|
20
|
15
|
18
|
May 8-14
|
24
|
31
|
41
|
May 15-21
|
37/1
|
62/25
|
39
|
May 22-28
|
43
|
39
|
54
|
May 29-31
|
13
|
16
|
48
|
MAY
|
137/1
|
163/125
|
200
|
Jun 1-7
|
26
|
19
|
44
|
Jun 8-14
|
25/1
|
29
|
15
|
Jun 15-21
|
21/2
|
6
|
13/10
|
Jun 22-28
|
18
|
17
|
41
|
Jun 29-30
|
9
|
3
|
9
|
JUN
|
99/3
|
74
|
122/119
|
Jul 1-7
|
20
|
11
|
39
|
Jul 8-14
|
14
|
31
|
10
|
Jul 15-21
|
17
|
14
|
37
|
Jul 22-28
|
23
|
14
|
20
|
Jul 29-31
|
8
|
13
|
13
|
JUL
|
82
|
83
|
119
|
Aug 1-7
|
27
|
14
|
31
|
Aug 8-14
|
18
|
13
|
13
|
Aug 15-21
|
20
|
33
|
15
|
Aug 22-28
|
27
|
24
|
72
|
Aug 29-31
|
11
|
19
|
10
|
AUG
|
104
|
103
|
141
|
Sep 1-7
|
39
|
39
|
38
|
Sep 8-14
|
30
|
35
|
43
|
Sep 15-21
|
23
|
27
|
26
|
Sep 22-28
|
24/1
|
15
|
20
|
Sep 29-30
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
SEP
|
123/1
|
122
|
131
|
Oct 1-7
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
Oct 8-14
|
14
|
25
|
17
|
Oct 15-21
|
19
|
29
|
13
|
Oct 22-28
|
22/1
|
33
|
10
|
Oct 29-31
|
12/1
|
4
|
11
|
Oct
|
70/2
|
92
|
53
|
Nov 1-7
|
6/1
|
4
|
1
|
Nov 8-14
|
9/1
|
2
|
25
|
Nov 15-21
|
15/1
|
11
|
2
|
Nov 22-28
|
17/1
|
24
|
33
|
Nov 29-30
|
8/1
|
6
|
37
|
Nov
|
55/5
|
47
|
98
|
Dec 1-7
|
36/3
|
33
|
44
|
Dec 8-14
|
19/3
|
19
|
19
|
Dec 15-21
|
26
|
44
|
25
|
Dec 22-28
|
30/1
|
30
|
38
|
Dec 29-31
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
Dec
|
120/7
|
134
|
133
|
Jan 1-7
|
25/7
|
16
|
84
|
Jan 8-14
|
24/3
|
12
|
34
|
Jan 15-21
|
23/2
|
11
|
12
|
Jan 22-28
|
11/1
|
10
|
8
|
Jan 29-31
|
8/1
|
4
|
1
|
Jan 2020
|
91/12
|
53
|
139
|
Feb 1-7
|
22
|
13
|
11
|
Feb 8-14
|
18/1
|
5
|
38
|
Feb 15-21
|
16/2
|
42
|
18
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
15
|
34
|
Feb 29
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
Feb
|
85/3
|
80
|
103
|
Mar 1-7
|
17/3
|
11
|
17
|
Mar 8-14
|
15/2
|
13
|
33
|
Mar 15-21
|
14/2
|
5
|
19
|
Mar 22-28
|
14/1
|
13
|
11
|
Mar 29-31
|
9
|
5
|
10
|
Mar
|
69/8
|
47
|
90
|
Ap 1-7
|
27/1
|
27
|
37
|
Apr 8-14
|
24
|
25
|
51
|
Apr 15-21
|
33/1
|
19
|
34
|
Apr 22-28
|
22
|
8
|
40
|
Apr 29-30
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
Apr
|
111/2
|
81
|
165
|
May 1-7
|
44/1
|
47
|
36
|
May 8-14
|
49
|
21
|
47
|
May 15-21
|
66/1
|
45
|
64
|
Violence By Province May 15-21 2020
Province
|
Violence
|
Anbar
|
5 Incidents
3 Killed
1 ISF
2 Hashd
3 Wounded
1 Hashd
2 ISF
3
Shootings
1 IED
1 Car
Bomb Dismantled
|
Babil
|
1 Incident
1 Wounded
1 Hashd
1
Shooting
|
Baghdad
|
7/1 Pro-Iran
6 Killed
3
Civilians
3 ISF
15 Wounded
2
Civilians
13 ISF
1
Shooting
6 IEDs
1 Sticky
Bomb
1
Rockets
|
Diyala
|
24 Incidents
19 Killed
6
Civilians
6 ISF
7 Hashd
20 Wounded
2 ISF
4
Civilians
14 Hashd
11
Shootings
6 IEDs
1 Sticky
Bomb
1 Mortar
6 Fields
Burned
|
Irbil
|
2 Incidents
2 Fields
Burned
|
Kirkuk
|
11 Incidents
3 Killed
3 ISF
5
Shootings
1
Rockets
6 Fields
Burned
|
Ninewa
|
4 Incidents
2 Killed
2 ISF
1
Shooting
1 IED
2 Fields
Burned
|
Salahaddin
|
12 Incidents
12 Killed
2 ISF
4 Hashd
6
Civilians
25 Wounded
7 Hashd
18 ISF
7 Shootings
4 IEDs
2 Fields
Burned
5
Suicide Bombers Killed
|
SOURCES
AIN, "Local official: ISIS burns wheat
fields in Al-Awamra villages in Diyala," 5/17/20
- "The Popular Mobilization foils a
terrorist operation to detonate an electricity transmission tower in
northwestern Amerli," 5/19/20
Asharq Al-Awsat, "Iraq
Military: Rocket Hit Baghdad Green Zone, Minor Damages," 5/19/20
Baghdad Post, "An attempt to detonate a car
bomb filled with explosives in Anbar was thwarted," 5/21/20
- "A civilian was killed by unknown gunmen
in Al-Muqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate," 5/15/20
- "For the second time in 24 hours … fires
devour the wheat crop in Makhmour and the government does not move a
finger," 5/17/20
- "ISIS operatives blew up 3 energy towers
in Diyala," 5/19/20
- "One dead and two injured in a minibus
explosion, southeast of Baghdad," 5/19/20
- "A soldier was killed by ISIS sniper fire
in Kirkuk," 5/20/20
Bas News, "Crops of Kurdish Farmers Burned
in Kirkuk," 5/15/20
- "Daquq: Kurdish Farms Burned to
Ashes," 5/15/20
- "Diyala: 120 Dunam of Crops Set on
Fire," 5/16/20
- "Diyala: Lawyer Assassinated, Two
Children Severely Injured in Separate Attacks," 5/17/20
- "Fire Burns Kurdish Farms in Disputed
Makhmour," 5/17/20
- "Khanaqin: Two Kurdish Villagers
Abducted," 5/15/20
- "Kurdish Crops in Disputed Khanaqin
Burned to Ashes," 5/19/20
- "More Kurdish Crops Burned to Ashes tin
Disputed Areas," 5/20/20
- "More Wheat Farms Burned in
Makhmour," 5/17/20
- "Roadside Bomb Kills, Wounds Five Iraqi
Militiamen in Diyala,' 5/18/20
- "Separate IS Attacks Kill 6 Iraqi
Militias, Injure 6 Others in Diyala," 5/16/20
Al Forat, "Pictures .. Four ISIS militants,
including two suicide bombers, were killed in Salahaddin," 5/19/20
- “The security media reveals the achievements
of the Lions of Jazeera up until now,” 5/17/20
Iraq Newspaper, "ISIS executes Mashaan
al-Assafi in Anbar," 5/17/20
- "The terrorist organization ISIS admits
killing and wounding 10 soldiers by detonating two devices near Al-Ani station
in Radwaniya today, Sunday," 5/17/20
Al Maalomah, "An associate was killed in
the tribal crowd, and another was wounded by an explosive device, in western
Anbar," 5/18/20
- "The crowd and police clash with ISIS,
burning agricultural lands southwest of Kirkuk," 5/19/20
- "The crowd announces ISIS failure to
penetrate the walls of the Khanaqin countryside 3 times within 24 hours,"
5/15/20
- "Killing and wounding 5 of the crowd, a
final outcome of the attack, Albu Merhi, Diyala," 5/15/20
- "The Popular Mobilization foils an attack
by ISIS in western Anbar," 5/15/20
- "Two children were wounded by unknown
fire in Diyala," 5/16/20https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/16/474505/
NINA, "The Civil Defense in Nineveh
extinguishes big fires in a number of agricultural lands in the
governorate," 5/16/20
- "A civilian assassinated in Al-Wajihiya
neighborhood, in Diyala," 5/15/20
- "A Fighter In The PMF Killed And Another
Wounded By An IED On Al-Jazeera In Salah Al-Din," 5/18/20
- "Four terrorists killed by armed clash
south of Salah al-Din," 5/19/20
- "An Infiltration Attempt For A Group Of
ISIS Foiled In Samarra," 5/14/20
- "ISIS Bomb A Village With Mortars And
Burn Wheat Fields In Jalawla, Diyala," 5/20/20
- "ISIS Kill 2 Policemen, South Of
Mosul," 5/17/20
- "ISIS Targets Two Electricity
Transmission Towers In Diyala," 5/19/20
- "An officer was killed by an explosive
device in his car, northeast of Baquba," 5/19/20
- "A Policeman Killed By ISIS Attack In
Kirkuk," 5/16/20
- "The popular crowd thwarts an attempt to
ISIS to infiltrate into the Jurf Al-Nasr," 5/19/20
- "The popular crowd thwarts the attempt to
detonate electrical transmission towers in Diyala," 5/18/20
- "The Popular Mobilization Forces Thwarts
An Attempt To Infiltrate ISIS Southwest Of Kirkuk," 5/16/20
- "Security Source: ISIS Detonates A
Bulldozer Operation Within The Project to Extend Pipelines South Of
Mosul," 5/21/20
- "A soldier killed in a terrorist attack
south of Kirkuk governorate," 5/18/20
- "Three explosive devices processed in a
residential building in Baghdad," 5/19/20
- "Three members of the popular crowd were
injured in an explosive device explosion in Khanaqin," 5/15/20
Shafaaq News, "A bombing kills an electrician
in Diyala," 5/20/20
- "Fires devour wheat and barley crops in
Khanaqin and Jalawla," 5/16/20
- "ISIS launched a new attack on the police
in Salahaddin," 5/15/20
- "A victim and wounded from the popular
crowd who were ambushed by ISIS in Salahaddin," 5/17/20
Shilani, Hiwa, "Over a dozen Iraqi forces,
civilians killed or wounded in ISIS attacks in 4 provinces," 5/16/20
Al Sumaria, "A civilian was killed by a
deadly weapons attack north of Baghdad," 5/15/20
-"A Hashd force foils an ISIS infiltration
attempt in Khanaqin and crashes a drone," 5/16/20
- "ISIS operatives kidnap and kill a man in
Tarmiya," 5/15/20
- "Killing and wounding three in ISIS
attack on Garma Island,' 5/20/20
- "One person was killed and another
injured in a bombing in Diyala," 5/18/20
- "Security expert: Five suicide bombers
were killed in Salahaddin," 5/19/20
Xinhua, "2 IS militants, 1 Hashd Shaabi
member killed in attacks in Iraq," 5/18/20
- "2 killed in IS bomb attack in
Iraq," 5/13/20
- "2 security members killed, 3 wounded in
IS attack in Iraq," 5/16/20
- "6 family members killed by IS militants
in Iraq," 5/14/20
- "6 IS militants, policeman killed in
attacks in Iraq," 5/16/20
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