Security In Iraq Nov 22-28, 2022

Iraq witnessed a new low in violence the third week of November. There were only two incidents reported in the press, both by the Islamic State. The previous low was 3 incidents a week which happened twice in 2022.

 

The two incidents took place in Diyala where an infiltration attempt by IS members was turned back in the Khanaqin district in the northeast and Salahaddin where a Hashd member died of his wounds after an assassination attempt in Tuz Kharmato in the east.

 

The insurgency in Iraq has been in a tailspin downwards for the last several years. At its current state it is having little to no impact upon Iraq overall because the militants are isolated in rural areas where there are few people and even little government presence. It can continue in this environment for decades but it is now irrelevant.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14	Nov 15-21	Nov 22-28
Babil	2	-	-	-
Baghdad	-	1	-	-
Diyala	2	1	6	1
Kirkuk	-	-	1	-
Ninewa	-	1	1	-
Salahaddin	2	3	-	1
Sulaymaniya	1	-	-	-
TOTAL	7	6	8	2

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14	Nov 15-21	Nov 22-28
Babil	3 (3W)	-	-	-
Diyala	1 (1K)	1 (1K)	18 (3K, 15W)	-
Kirkuk	-	-	4 (4K)	-
Ninewa	-	1 (1W)	2 (2W)	-
Salahaddin	-	7 (7W)	-	1
TOTAL	4 (1K, 3W)	9 (1K, 8W)	24 (7K, 17W)	1 (1K)

 

Security In Iraq 2022

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
Jan 1-7	18/9	3	4
Jan 8-14	35/21	3	18
Jan 15-21	12/5	17	12
Jan 22-28	16/3	8	19
Jan 29-31	6/2	2	6
JAN	87/41	33	59
Feb 1-7	11/3	1	10
Feb 8-14	14/6	8	3
Feb 15-21	9/1	-	11
Feb 22-28	8/4	1	5
FEB	42/14	10	29
Mar 1-7	7/3	1	-
Mar 8-14	18/3/1	6	5
Mar 15-21	10/4	5	6
Mar 22-28	6/1	7	4
Mar 29-31	4/1	-	5
MAR	46/12/1	19	21
Apr 1-7	16/8	-	6
Apr 8-14	21/7	8	25
Apr 15-21	22/2	10	22
Apr 22-28	44/4	14	44
Apr 29-30	6/1	2	6
APR	111/22	34	103
May 1-7	31/3	8	25
May 8-14	9/2	2	7
May 15-21	18/6	10	6
May 22-28	13/1	21	11
May 29-31	2/1	-	2
MAY	73/13	41	51
Jun 1-7	6/2	-	8
Jun 8-14	12/4	1	9
Jun 15-21	10/2	5	2
Jun 22-28	12/6	1	14
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	40/14	7	33
Jul 1-7	7/1	6	11
Jul 8-14	3	-	2
Jul 15-21	11/2	14	16
Jul 22-28	18/7	9	21
Jul 29-31	4	4	4
JUL	43/6	33	54
Aug 1-7	9/1	6	15
Aug 8-14	14	2	14
Aug 15-21	7/2	-	6
Aug 22-28	23/4	14	15
Aug 29-31	4	2	4
AUG	57/7/1	24	54
Sep 1-7	11/1	3	20
Sep 8-14	5	-	12
Sep 15-21	12	4	14
Sep 22-28	10/2 M	2	16
Sep 29-30	3/1 M	-	2
SEP	41/1/3 M	9	64
Oct 1-7	9/2 M	6	16
Oct 8-14	8/2/1 M	5	19
Oct 15-21	6	4	7
Oct 22-28	3	2	1
Oct 29-31	2	-	2
OCT	28/2/3 M	17	45
Nov 1-7	7	1	3
Nov 8-14	6	1	8
Nov 15-21	8	7	17
Nov 22-28	2	1	-

 

Violence By Province Nov 22-28, 2022

Province	Violence	2018 Avg	2019 Avg	2020 Avg	2021 Avg	2022 Avg
Anbar	-	12.6 incidents/ month	8.6 incidents/ month	7.0 incidents/ month	4.6 incidents/ month	2.5 incidents/month
Babil	-	4.0 incidents/month	3.0 incidents/month	2.75 incidents/month	2.5 incidents/month	1.7 incidents/month
Baghdad	-	33.0 incidents/month	11.6 incidents/month	7.3 incidents/month	5.6 incidents/ month	3.5 incidents/month
Diyala	1 Incident 1 Gunfire	34.5 incidents/month	30.0 incidents/month	30.6 incidents/month	23.2 incidents/month	14.2 incidents/month
Kirkuk	-	36.5 incidents/month	18.6 incidents/month	13.9 incidents/month	11.6 incidents/month	9.8 incidents/month
Ninewa	-	20.0 incidents/month	14.0 incidents/month	10.6 incidents/month	8.4 incidents/month	6.5 incidents/month
Salahaddin	1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Hashd   1 Gunfire	21.7 incidents/month	10.6 incidents/month	11.2 incidents/month	11.5 incidents/month	6.0 incidents/month

 

SOURCES

 

Shafaq News, "A member of the crowd died from the wounds of an assassination attack in Salahaddin," 10/28/22

- "Thwarting an infiltration of ISIS in Diyala," 11/22/22