Security In Iraq Jun 22-28, 2023

The Islamic State remained largely dormant in Iraq during the fourth week of June. There were just four incidents from June 22-28. There were two incidents the week before. This was the 21^st straight week incidents were in single digits.

 

The incidents during the week took place in Diyala (1), Kirkuk (1), and Salahaddin (2).

 

They left 2 killed and 4 wounded. 2 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) died and 4 more were wounded. There was one casualty in Diyala, two in Kirkuk and three in Salahaddin.

 

In northern Diyala along the Baghdad-Khalis road a member of the ISF was fired upon and wounded by the insurgents. During a security sweep in Kirkuk a group of IS members was discovered leading to a gun battle. One soldier was killed and another was injured. The militants launched an attack upon the security forces in the Samarra district and a checkpoint was attacked in Dour outside of Tikrit leaving one police dead and 2 wounded. Both of those were in Salahaddin. As usual all of these occurred in rural areas of Iraq. These are the only places IS can now operate in. Their main concern is to keep the government out and attempt to survive.  

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7	Jun 8-14	Jun 15-21	Jun 22-28
Diyala	-	-	-	1
Kirkuk	-	2	1	1
Ninewa	-	1	-	-
Salahaddin	-	1	1	2
TOTAL	-	4	2	4

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7	Jun 8-14	Jun 15-21	Jun 22-28
Diyala	-	-	-	1 (1W)
Kirkuk	-	10 (6K, 4W)	1 (1W)	2 (1K, 1W)
Ninewa	-	1 (1K)	-	-
Salahaddin	-	-	2 (1K, 1W)	3 (1K, 2W)
TOTAL	-	11 (7K, 4W)	3 (2K, 1W)	6 (2K, 4W)

 

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	-
Apr 29-30	1	1	-
APR	16	6	8
May 1-7	2	1	1
May 8-14	6	4	3
May 15-21	3	2	6
May 22-28	3	1	3
May 29-31	2	-	3
MAY	15	8	14
Jun 1-7	-	-	-
Jun 8-14	4	7	4
Jun 15-21	2	1	2
Jun 22-28	4	2	4

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "A security element injured in an armed attack in Diyala," 6/28/23

- "The security forces respond to a terrorist attack by ISIS militants in the Samarra sector," 6/25/23

 

Shafaq News, "A victim and two wounded in an ISIS attack targeting a security point in Salahaddin," 6/25/23

 

Xinhua, "Army officer, 3 IS militants killed in clash in N. Iraq," 6/25/23