Security In Iraq Nov 1-7, 2020

The number of security incidents recorded in Iraq dropped the first week of November by half from the previous week. Overall, violence has gone up and down since the fall.

 

From November 1-7 eleven security incidents were reported in Iraq. That compared to 24 the last full week of October, 29 the third week of that month, 13 the second week and 14 the first week. It was the lowest amount of incidents since the third week of August when there were 9 by the insurgents.

 

The attacks during the week were spread across Anbar (1), Babil (1), Kirkuk (1), Ninewa (3), and Diyala (5).

 

There were 17 casualties as a result. 1 Hashd al-Shaabi, 1 Iraqi Security Forces member (ISF), and 5 civilians died along with 3 civilians and 7 ISF that were wounded. Diyala had the most casualties with 10, while the other provinces were in single digits.

 

In Rutba in western Anbar towards the Jordanian border a man who was kidnapped towards the end of October was found executed. The security forces also launched a sweep through the Seleja area.

 

Two soldiers were hit by an IED in northeast Babil’s Jurf al-Sakhr. That district is a large Kataib Hezbollah base and IS’s favorite target in the governorate.

 

A checkpoint was shot at, a town was assaulted and its fields burned, and a police station was attacked in Diyala. Of the five incidents, three were in Muqdadiya in the center and two were in the Khanaqin district in the northeast. These are the areas where IS is most active in the province. It is asserting its control of rural areas by forcing out locals and intimidating the security forces. The government also launched a large sweep through the Khailania area of Muqdadiya after a sheikh was murdered there and his body was booby trapped with a bomb.

 

A member of the Hashd was killed when his house was attacked in the Hawija area of southern Kirkuk. The security forces also searched villages along the Tigris River.

 

In Ninewa, a checkpoint was hit by gun and mortar fire, a mukhtar was assassinated and two police were hit by an IED.

 

An infiltration attempt in Al-Eith in the Dour district in the center of Salahaddin province was intercepted by the Hashd.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7
Anbar	1
Babil	1
Diyala	5
Kirkuk	1
Ninewa	3
TOTAL	11

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7
Anbar	1 (1K)
Babil	2 (2W)
Diyala	10 (4K, 6W)
Kirkuk	1 (1K)
Ninewa	3 (1K, 2W)
TOTAL	17 (7K, 10W)

 

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	38	18	8	9	1	5	17	-	-
Jun	13	1	-	2	-	1	2	-	-
Jul	10	10	1	2	-	-	2	-	-
Aug	16	5	2	7	-	3	3	-	-
Sep	21	8	2	3	-	-	6	-	-
Oct	17	11	1	2	2	1	2	-	-
Nov	3	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-

 

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	15	10	1	7	1	4	10	-	-
Jun	5	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-
Aug	5	5	1	-	-	-	3	-	-
Sep	9	5	2	2	-	2	2	3	-
Oct	8	7	1	1	-	-	3	-	-
Nov	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
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	9	-	2	-	-	2	-	-
Jun	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jul	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Aug	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep	5	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct	4	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Nov	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-

 

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	21	6	9	5	-	2	2	-	-
Jun	5	4	1	2	-	-	1	-	-
Jul	4	5	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Aug	6	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
Sep	6	10	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
Oct	6	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
Nov	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

           

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
May 22-28	30	9	21
May 29-31	7	3	12
MAY	196/2	125	180
Jun 1-7	17	13	19
Jun 8-14	16/4	10	15
Jun 15-21	16/3	11	19
Jun 22-28	10/1	8	13
Jun 29-30	1	4	2
JUN	60/8	46	68
Jul 1-7	12/2	3	9
Jul 8-14	16/2	15	15
Jul 15-21	19/1	17	28
Jul 22-28	13/5	9	8
Jul 29-31	13/2	3	7
JUL	73/12	47	67
Aug 1-7	10/4	7	10
Aug 8-14	19/8	7	22
Aug 15-21	14/5	13	20
Aug 22-28	32/3	23	41
Aug 29-31	13/3	4	12
AUG	88/24	54	105
Sep 1-7	19/4	13	26
Sep 8-14	27/6	8	29
Sep 15-21	32/10	12	14
Sep 22-28	28/7	19	11
Sep 29-30	6/3	1	6
SEP	113/31	53	86
Oct 1-7	19/5	9	12
Oct 8-14	14/1	8	10
Oct 15-21	30/1	25	26
Oct 22-28	25/1	16	24
Oct 29-31	5	4	5
OCT	93/8	62	77
Nov 1-7	11	7	10

 

Violence By Province Nov 1-7, 2020

Province	Violence
Anbar	1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Civilian   1 Shooting
Babil	1 Incident 2 Wounded 2 ISF   1 IED
Diyala	5 Incidents 4 Killed 1 ISF 3 Civilians 6 Wounded 3 Civilians 3 ISF   3 Shootings 2 IEDs 1 Field Burned
Kirkuk	1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Hashd   1 Gunfire
Ninewa	3 Incidents 1 Killed 1 Civilian 2 Wounded 2 ISF   2 Shootings 1 IED 1 Mortar

 

SOURCES

 

Baghdad Post, "The second in a week … the ISIS terrorists launch an attack on an army security post south of Mosul," 11/1/20

 

Al Maalomah, "The death toll from the terrorist attack in Muqdadiya increased to 7 martyrs and wounded," 10/27/20

- "Thwarting an ISIS attack on a police station in Kubba, Diyala," 11/7/20

 

NINA, "A large-scale security operation was launched north of Al-Muqdadiya, in Diyala Governorate," 11/1/20

- "A Mukhtar was killed by unidentified gunmen, west of Mosul," 11/2/20

- "The Number Of Victims Of The Double Bombing In Al-Abara, Diyala Increased To 9 Martyrs And Wounded," 11/5/20

- "The popular crowd thwarted an ISIS infiltration east of Salah al-Din," 11/5/20

- "Security Media Cell: A Security Operation In "Seleja" Area In Anbar," 11/7/20

- "A Security Operation To Search A Number Of Villages In Kirkuk," 11/7/20- "Thwarting an ISIS attack on a tribal mobilization site near Jalawla in Diyala," 11/2/20

- "Two policemen were wounded by an explosive device, south of Mosul," 11/5/20

- "Two soldiers were wounded by an explosive device north of Babylon," 11/7/20

 

Shafaaq News, "ISIS burns an orchard and clashes with the army and residents in Diyala," 11/3/20

- "A victim from the crowd, an ISIS attack on his home in Kirkuk," 11/6/20

 

Xinhua, "4 killed in explosions in eastern Iraq," 11/5/20

- "IS militants execute kidnapped engineer in western Iraq: official," 11/5/20