Security In Iraq Nov 8-14, 2022

Violence in Iraq remains at a very low level as it has been throughout 2022. There were only 7 incidents from November 8-14 and all were by the Islamic State. This was the seventh week in a row and the 28th of 41 weeks this year when incidents were in single digits.

 

IS attacks were in Baghdad (1), Diyala (1), Ninewa (1), and Salahaddin (3). They resulted in 1 civilian death and 1 civilian and 7 Hashd al-Shaabi being wounded.

 

In Baghdad there was an infiltration attempt by insurgents in the Tarmiya district in the north. Almost all the incidents in the province are in this area.

 

A civilian was assassinated in Diyala and an IED wounded a civilian in southern Ninewa. In Salahaddin a member of the Hashd al-Shaabi was shot and there were two IEDs that left a total of 6 Hashd injured.

 

The shooting in Salahaddin appeared to be the only offensive operation in Iraq out of the 6 incidents. As usual most IS attacks are aimed at keeping people and the government out of their areas which are limited to rural, mountainous, and desert regions of the country.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14
Babil	2	-
Baghdad	-	1
Diyala	2	1
Ninewa	-	1
Salahaddin	2	3
Sulaymaniya	1	-
TOTAL	7	6

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14
Babil	3 (3W)	-
Diyala	1 (1K)	1 (1K)
Ninewa	-	1 (1W)
Salahaddin	-	7 (7W)
TOTAL	4 (1K, 3W)	9 (1K, 8W)

 

Security In Iraq 2021-22

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
Jan 1-7	21/2	13	19
Jan 8-14	17/3	12	6
Jan 15-21	20/3	52	133
Jan 22-28	10/3	13	12
Jan 29-31	9/1	2	6
JAN	77/13	92	176
Feb 1-7	19/2	11	23
Feb 8-14	11/3	4	8
Feb 15-21	20/7	11	23
Feb 22-28	13/4	13	23
FEB	63/16	39	77
Mar 1-7	19/5	5	8
Mar 8-14	12/2	13	15
Mar 15-21	24/6	8	7
Mar 22-28	14/2	8	13
Mar 29-31	9/5	2	1
MAR	79/20	39	44
Apr 1-7	16/10	3	5
Apr 8-14	15/6	6	18
Apr 15-21	32/4	19	44
Apr 22-28	31/6	15	42
Apr 29-30	12/1	11	23
APR	107/27	54	132
May 1-7	36/8	33	37
May 8-14	31/5	14	25
May 15-21	15/2	3	3
May 22-28	20/9	3	24
May 29-31	11	6	11
MAY	113/24	59	100
Jun 1-7	12/5	6	29
Jun 8-14	22/10	7	7
Jun 15-21	24/4	14	14
Jun 22-28	19/2	10	17
Jun 29-30	5	-	21
JUN	83/21	36	87
Jul 1-7	38/9	11	35
Jul 8-14	25/4	7	17
Jul 15-21	20/1	48	75
Jul 22-28	10/1	10	7
Jul 29-31	16/5	30	30
JUL	110/20	106	164
Aug 1-7	44/5	12	19
Aug 8-14	31/6	17	23
Aug 15-21	25/8	12	18
Aug 22-28	21/9	8	10
Aug 29-31	12/2	5	12
AUG	133/30	54	82
Sep 1-7	21/3	12	24
Sep 8-14	28/3	24	36
Sep 15-21	13/1	5	17
Sep 22-28	17/4	13	9
Sep 29-30	2	-	-
SEP	81/11	54	86
Oct 1-7	17	11	22
Oct 8-14	14/1	4	13
Oct 15-21	9/2	3	2
Oct 22-28	21/1/1	36	42
Oct 29-31	11/1	7	7
OCT	72/6/1	61	86
Nov 1-7	20/2	3	20
Nov 8-14	15/1	11	18
Nov 15-21	14/4	2	4
Nov 22-28	15/4	10	14
Nov 29-30	3/1	1	3
NOV	67/12	27	59
Dec 1-7	17/2	29	22
Dec 8-14	14/4	4	6
Dec 15-21	22/8	11	12
Dec 22-28	18/8	11	27
Dec 29-31	7/1	5	4
DEC	78/23	56	67
Jan 1-7, 2022	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

 

Violence By Province Nov 8-14, 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	1 Incident   1 Shooting	33.0 incidents/month	11.6 incidents/month	7.3 incidents/month	5.6 incidents/ month	3.5 incidents/month
Diyala	1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Civilian   1 Shooting	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	1 Incident 1 Wounded 1 Civilian   1 IED	20.0 incidents/month	14.0 incidents/month	10.6 incidents/month	8.4 incidents/month	6.5 incidents/month
Salahaddin	3 Incidents 7 Wounded 7 Hashd   1 Shooting 2 IEDs	21.7 incidents/month	10.6 incidents/month	11.2 incidents/month	11.5 incidents/month	6.0 incidents/month

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "A civilian assassinated inside his guesthouse in Diyala," 11/12/22

- "Four fighters of the Popular Mobilization were wounded by an explosive device explosion on Salah al-Din Island," 11/13/22

- "A member of the Popular Mobilization was wounded in an armed attack in the Tuz district," 11/11/22

- "Two members of the PMF injured in an explosive device explosion in Baiji," 11/13/22

- "A woman injured by an IED' explosion left by ISIS, south of Mosul," 11/10/22

 

Shafaq news, "The crowd kills an ISIS terrorist by thwarting an infiltration attempt by ISIS members north of Baghdad," 11/10/22