Violence In Iraq Hits A New Low In Sep 2023

Violence has continuously declined in Iraq during 2023 and hit a new low in September. There were only 5 incidents during the month. That compared to 11 in August. The previous monthly low was 9 incidents in March and July each. This is another sign that the Islamic State is near dead in Iraq.

 

During September the security incidents took place in Baghdad (1), Diyala (3), and Ninewa (1).

 

They left 8 casualties. 2 civilians were killed while 2 members of the Iraqi Security Forces and 3 civilians were injured. There were 5 casualties in Diyala, 2 in Baghdad and 1 in Ninewa.

 

2 civilians were wounded during an IS attack in northern Baghdad’s Tarmiya district. A checkpoint was attacked and two IEDs exploded in Diyala. Finally there was a shooting in southern Ninewa that killed 1 civilian. None of these were offensive operations. All seemed to be aimed at keeping people and the government out of insurgent areas. This is all that IS seems capable of right now. Whatever membership it has left seems to be holed up in camps and hoping to survive.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Sep 1-7	Sep 8-14	Sep 15-21	Sep 22-28	Sep 29-30	Totals
Baghdad	-	-	1	-	-	1
Diyala	1	-	1	1	-	3
Ninewa	-	1	-	-	-	1
TOTAL	1	1	2	1	-	5

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Sep 1-7	Sep 8-14	Sep 15-21	Sep 22-28	Sep 29-30	Totals
Baghdad	-	-	2 (2W)	-	-	2 (2W)
Diyala	1 (1W)	-	2 (2W)	2 (1K, 1W)	-	5 (1K, 4W)
Ninewa	-	1 (1K)	-	-	-	1 (1K)
TOTAL	1 (1W)	1 (1K)	4 (4W)	2 (1K, 1W)	-	8 (2K, 6W)

 

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
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	10	10	10
Jul 1-7	1	-	-
Jul 8-14	3	2	1
Jul 15-21	2	-	1
Jul 22-28	2	-	2
Jul 29-31	3/2	-	-
JUL	11/2	2	4
Aug 1-7	4	-	4
Aug 8-14	2	1	3
Aug 15-21	2	-	5
Aug 22-28	2	-	2
Aug 29-31	3/1	1	9
AUG	13/1	2	23
Sep 1-7	1	-	1
Sep 8-14	1	1	-
Sep 15-21	2	-	4
Sep 22-28	1	1	1
Sep 29-30	-	-	-
SEP	5	2	6

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "A Civilian Killed By Gunfire In South Of Mosul," 9/10/23

 

Shafaq News, "A boy was killed and his father was injured in an explosive device explosion in Diyala," 9/22/23

- "An Iraqi soldier was injured in an ISIS attack in Diyala," 9/7/23

- "Two senior Iraqi army officers were injured, one of whom had his foot amputated, in an explosion in Hamrin," 9/18/23

 

Al Sumaria, "An ISIS attack leaves two injured north of Baghdad," 9/15/23