Security In Iraq Apr 22-28, 2023 REVISED

Violence in Iraq continues to be at the lowest level since 2003. There were only 2 incidents reported in the country from April 22-28. Two people were kidnapped in southern Irbil and one of them, a Kurdish soldier, was executed by the Islamic State.

 

This was the 13^th week in a row that incidents in Iraq were in single digits. In 2023 15 of 16 weeks have seen single digit violence.

 

The Islamic State has been on a steady decline since its defeat in the war. Afterward it talked about rebuilding like it did after the Surge but it has failed to do so. It has lost its networks into Iraq’s urban centers. It has not been able to recruit new cadres. Today it is isolated in the Iraqi countryside where it has little effect upon the day to day lives of the population.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Apr 1-7	Apr 8-14	Apr 15-21	Apr 22-28
Anbar	-	1	-	-
Baghdad	-	1	1	-
Diyala	-	-	3	-
Irbil	-	-	-	2
Kirkuk	3	-	1	-
Ninewa	1	2	-	-
Salahaddin	1	-	-	-
TOTAL	5	4	5	2

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Apr 1-7	Apr 8-14	Apr 15-21	Apr 22-28
Diyala	-	-	2 (2K)	-
Irbil	-	-	-	1
Kirkuk	4 (1K, 3W)	-	1 (1K)	-
Ninewa	2 (2W)	1 (1W)	-	-
Salahaddin	2 (2W)	-	-	-
TOTAL	8 (1K, 7W)	1 (1W)	3 (3K)	1 (1K)

 

Security In Iraq 2022-23

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	-
Nov 29-30	-	-	-
NOV	23	10	28
Dec 1-7	13/1	6	11
Dec 8-14	6	7	8
Dec 15-21	6	29	15
Dec 22-28	6	-	4
Dec 29-31	2	-	-
DEC	33/1	42	38
Jan 1-7	7	4	2
Jan 8-14	6/1	5	2
Jan 15-21	11/1	2	7
Jan 22-28	5/2	1	2
Jan 29-31	1	-	2
JAN	29/4	12	15
Feb 1-7	6/2	1	5
Feb 8-14	1	-	2
Feb 15-21	4	4	8
Feb 22-28	9/1	7	3
FEB	20/3	12	18
Mar 1-7	3	10	4
Mar 8-14	2	2	1
Mar 15-21	2	1	3
Mar 22-28	1	2	-
Mar 29-31	1	3	-
MAR	9	18	8
Apr 1-7	5	1	7
Apr 8-14	4	-	1
Apr 15-21	5	3	-
Apr 22-28	2	1	-

 

SOURCES

 

Shafaq News, "ISIS executes a Kurdish soldier in the Iraqi army near Erbil," 4/29/23