Security In Iraq Dec 1-7, 2020

For the last month security incidents have been going up and down but have hovered around 20 incidents per week. The start of December was no different with 19 attacks.

 

Those were spread across Kirkuk (1), Ninewa (1), Salahaddin (1), Anbar (2), Baghdad (2), and Diyala (12).

 

4 people were killed made up of one civilian, one Hashd al-Shaabi, and two Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) members. Another 30 were wounded consisting of one civilian, 10 Hashd and 19 ISF. As usual the security forces were the majority of casualties 32 of 34. Since the spring the Islamic State has been carrying out a war of attrition against the government’s forces.

 

8 electricity towers were blown up in Qaim and in between Ana and Haditha in western Anbar during the first week of December. Last month IS moved away from its usual low level attacks in the province and that has continued into December.

 

Snipers killed one civilians and wounded four in Baghdad during the week. These two incidents took place in Tarmiya and Shula, both in the northern section of the province. These are the types of incidents the insurgents are now carrying out in the capital governorate. They are low level shootings and IEDs in the outer towns especially in the north and south.

 

The number of attacks in Diyala went from 6 the last full week of November to 12 at start of December. This two IEDs on the security forces, two gun battles with the security forces, two attacks upon checkpoints, three foiled infiltration attempts, and three villages that were assaulted. Three of these incidents took place in the north along the Salahaddin border, four were in Muqdadiya in the center and five were in the Khanaqin district in the northeast. The Hashd command in the province constantly claim they have wiped out the vast majority of IS cells in Diyala and that it is building defense networks around villages in Muqdadiya and Khanaqin but there has been no change in security incidents in the province.

 

Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salahaddin only had one incident each. In Kirkuk when a checkpoint was shot at in the Rashad district in the south. That left one policeman dead and two wounded. Almost all the violence in Kirkuk takes place in the south where the insurgents were never defeated during the war. Ninewa saw an IED go off against two soldiers in the northwest. Finally, a checkpoint was attacked along the Salahaddin-Diyala border in the southeast that left two soldiers wounded.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Dec 1-7
Anbar	2
Baghdad	2
Diyala	12
Kirkuk	1
Ninewa	1
Salahaddin	1
TOTAL	19

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Dec 1-7
Baghdad	5 (1K, 4W)
Diyala	22 (2K, 20W)
Kirkuk	3 (1K, 2W)
Ninewa	2 (2W)
Salahaddin	2 (2W)
TOTAL	34 (3K, 30W)

 

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	14	6	2	5	-	-	2	-	-
Dec	10	3	2	2	-	-	3	-	-

 

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	9	3	3	4	-	2	-	-	-
Dec	1	-	-	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	4	8	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Dec	-	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	12	3	3	1	1	1	-	-	-
Dec	1	-	-	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
Nov 8-14	25	23	39
Nov 15-21	19/1	18	25
Nov 22-28	24	11	26
Nov 29-30	8	1	10
NOV	87/1	60	110
Dec 1-7	19	4	30

 

Violence By Province Dec 1-7, 2020

Province	Violence
Anbar	2 Incidents   8 IEDs
Baghdad	2 Incidents 1 Killed 1 Civilian 4 Wounded 1 Civilian 3 ISF   2 Shootings
Diyala	12 Incidents 2 Killed 1 Hashd 1 ISF 20 Wounded 10 Hashd 10 ISF   10 Shootings 3 IEDs
Kirkuk	1 Incident 1 Killed 1 ISF 2 Wounded 2 ISF   1 Shooting
Ninewa	1 Incident 2 Wounded 2 ISF   1 IED
Salahaddin	1 Incident 2 Wounded 2 ISF   1 Shooting

 

SOURCES

 

Bas News, "IS Militants Attacks Hashd al-Shaabi Forces near Khanaqin," 12/2/20

- "IS Militants Kill Iraqi Officer, Wound Four Soldiers Outside Khanaqin," 12/5/20

- Khanaqin: Villagers Repel IS Attack," 12/4/20

 

Iraq Newspaper, "Members of the Baqi Brigade were killed and 21 wounded in Muqdadiya, Diyala after attack and ISIS terrorist takes responsibility," 12/4/20

 

Al Maalomah, "7 members of the Ministry of Defense crowd were killed and wounded in a terrorist attack in Diyala," 12/3/20

- "An officer and two soldiers from the army were wounded by an explosive device in Diyala," 12/5/20

- "The popular mobilization of the Ministry of Defense thwarted an attack in Nawfal, Diyala," 12/6/20

- "The Popular Mobilization Forces thwarted ISIS infiltration in the Al-Safra Basin in Diyala," 12/3/20

- "The Popular Mobilization Forces: We thwarted ISIS attacks that affected 3 villages in Diyala," 12/4/20

- "Thwarting a terrorist infiltration operation in Al-Mukhisa, Diyala," 12/5/20

 

NINA, "An officer was killed and two soldiers were wounded in an ISIS attack northeast of Baqubah," 12/5/20

- "PMF Thwart An Attack By ISIS Terrorists On One Of Its Points Near Hamrin Hills," 12/4/20

- "A policeman was killed and two others wounded in an ISIS attack south of Kirkuk," 12/7/20

- "The Popular Mobilization Forces thwarted an ISIS attack on the outskirts of Khanaqin, in Diyala," 12/4/20

- "Two officers and a policeman were wounded by an explosive device northeast of Baqubah," 12/3/20

 

Shafaaq News, "A complete blackout in the city of Anbar due to terrorist attacks," 12/7/20

- "An explosion killed and wounded 4 children in Sinjar," 12/8/20

- "Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded in an attack by ISIS between two governorates," 12/2/20

 

Al Sumaria, "One person was killed and another wounded in an armed attack in Baghdad," 12/3/20

- "Three soldiers were wounded by a sniper, north of Baghdad," 12/3/20