Security In Iraq Dec 15-21, 2023

The security situation changed in Iraq during the third week of December because the Islamic State was more active than pro-Iran groups.

 

There were a total of 6 security incidents reported in Iraq from December 15-21.

 

Two of those were by groups linked with Iran. They fired rockets at the Ain Al-Asad airbase in Anbar twice. This is a common target because it houses U.S. troops.

 

The other 4 incidents were by the Islamic State. The previous two weeks in the month the insurgency only carried out 4 attacks total. The last time there were 4 attacks in one week by IS was during the 1^st week of August showing how far the group has declined.

 

In Anbar IS attacked a checkpoint in the Rutba district. A Hashd member was killed when a security tower was assaulted in Tarmiya in northern Baghdad. Finally, in Salahaddin an infiltration attempt was foiled by the security forces and there was a shooting in the Samarra district that left two police wounded. There appear to be common IS tactics to test security and intimidate the government forces so they stay out of insurgents areas.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Dec 1-7	Dec 8-14	Dec 15-21
Anbar	4 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran	3/2 Pro-Iran
Baghdad	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	1
Irbil	2 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran	-
Kirkuk	-	2	-
Ninewa	3/1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	-
Salahaddin	-	-	2
TOTAL	10/8 Pro-Iran	8/6 Pro-Iran	6/2 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Dec 1-7	Dec 8-14	Dec 15-21
Baghdad	-	-	1 (1K)
Kirkuk	-	2 (2W)	-
Ninewa	10 (1K, 9W)	-	-
Salahaddin	-	-	2 (2W)
TOTAL	10 (1K, 9W)	2 (2W)	3 (1K, 2W)

 

Security In Iraq 2022-23

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
Jan 1-7	18/9 Pro-Iran	3	4
Jan 8-14	35/21 Pro-Iran	3	18
Jan 15-21	12/5 Pro-Iran	17	12
Jan 22-28	16/3 Pro-Iran	8	19
Jan 29-31	6/2 Pro-Iran	2	6
JAN	87/41 Pro-Iran	33	59
Feb 1-7	11/3 Pro-Iran	1	10
Feb 8-14	14/6 Pro-Iran	8	3
Feb 15-21	9/1 Pro-Iran	-	11
Feb 22-28	8/4 Pro-Iran	1	5
FEB	42/14 Pro-Iran	10	29
Mar 1-7	7/3 Pro-Iran	1	-
Mar 8-14	18/3/1 Pro-Iran	6	5
Mar 15-21	10/4 Pro-Iran	5	6
Mar 22-28	6/1 Pro-Iran	7	4
Mar 29-31	4/1 Pro-Iran	-	5
MAR	46/12/1 Pro-Iran	19	21
Apr 1-7	16/8 Pro-Iran	-	6
Apr 8-14	21/7 Pro-Iran	8	25
Apr 15-21	22/2 Pro-Iran	10	22
Apr 22-28	44/4 Pro-Iran	14	44
Apr 29-30	6/1 Pro-Iran	2	6
APR	111/22 Pro-Iran	34	103
May 1-7	31/3 Pro-Iran	8	25
May 8-14	9/2 Pro-Iran	2	7
May 15-21	18/6 Pro-Iran	10	6
May 22-28	13/1 Pro-Iran	21	11
May 29-31	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	2
MAY	73/13 Pro-Iran	41	51
Jun 1-7	6/2 Pro-Iran	-	8
Jun 8-14	12/4 Pro-Iran	1	9
Jun 15-21	10/2 Pro-Iran	5	2
Jun 22-28	12/6 Pro-Iran	1	14
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	40/14 Pro-Iran	7	33
Jul 1-7	7/1 Pro-Iran	6	11
Jul 8-14	3	-	2
Jul 15-21	11/2 Pro-Iran	14	16
Jul 22-28	18/7 Pro-Iran	9	21
Jul 29-31	4	4	4
JUL	43/6 Pro-Iran	33	54
Aug 1-7	9/1 Pro-Iran	6	15
Aug 8-14	14	2	14
Aug 15-21	7/2 Pro-Iran	-	6
Aug 22-28	23/4 Pro-Iran	14	15
Aug 29-31	4	2	4
AUG	57/7/1 Pro-Iran	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 Pro-Iran	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 Pro-Iran	42	38
Jan 1-7	7	4	2
Jan 8-14	6/1 Pro-Iran	5	2
Jan 15-21	11/1 Pro-Iran	2	7
Jan 22-28	5/2 Pro-Iran	1	2
Jan 29-31	1	-	2
JAN	29/4 Pro-Iran	12	15
Feb 1-7	6/2 Pro-Iran	1	5
Feb 8-14	1	-	2
Feb 15-21	4	4	8
Feb 22-28	9/1 Pro-Iran	7	3
FEB	20/3 Pro-Iran	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 Pro-Iran	-	-
JUL	11/2 Pro-Iran	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 Pro-Iran	1	9
AUG	13/1 Pro-Iran	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
Oct 1-7	-	-	-
Oct 8-14	-	-	-
Oct 15-21	7 Pro-Iran	-	-
Oct 22-28	7/5 Pro-Iran	-	8
Oct 29-31	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
OCT	17/15 Pro-Iran	-	8
Nov 1-7	11/9	4	2
Nov 8-14	12/10	-	3
Nov 15-21	6 Pro-Iran	-	8 Amer
Nov 22-28	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 29-30	2	11	16
NOV	35/29 Pro-Iran	15	29
Dec 1-7	10/8 Pro-Iran	1	9
Dec 8-14	8/6 Pro-Iran	-	2
Dec 15-21	6/2 Pro-Iran	1	2

 

SOURCES

 

Lawrence, J.P., "No US troops injured in latest rocket strike at Iraq base," Stars and Stripes, 12/21/23

 

NINA, "The Popular Mobilization Forces thwarts an infiltration attempt by ISIS terrorists in Salah Al-Din," 12/17/23

- "Targeting Ain al-Assad base with missiles," 12/20/23

 

Shafaq News, "A colonel was killed and others were injured when an Iraqi army plane crashed and an ISIS attack targeted the police in two governorates," 12/18/23

- "ISIS Attack in Anbar … killing and wounding four members of the organization," 12/18/23

- "ISIS militants attack northern Baghdad and kill a security officer," 12/20/23