Security In Iraq May 15-21, 2024

The Islamic State and the Iraqi Islamic Resistance were both active in Iraq during the third week of May.

 

The Islamic State carried out two rare attacks from May 15-21. On May 16 a checkpoint was attacked in Kirkuk that killed 1 soldier and left two more wounded. Then on May 18 an IED went off that injured 4 more soldiers in Salahaddin.

 

The week before there was only 1 incident by the insurgency. Previous to that there had been four weeks with no attacks by IS.

 

The Islamic Resistance claimed 9 attacks upon Israel. That included 3 missile strikes and 5 drones. None of these were confirmed. The Resistance stated that it began attacks upon Israel in January in response to the Gaza War. Because the ceasefire with the United States remains in place in Iraq pro-Iran groups are talking about targeting Israel instead.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	May 1-7	May 8-14	May 15-21
Israel	3 Pro-Iran	5 Pro-Iran	9 Pro-Iran
Kirkuk	-	-	1
Salahaddin	-	1	1
TOTAL	3 Pro-Iran	6/5 Pro-Iran	11/9 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	May 1-7	May 8-14	May 15-21
Kirkuk	-	-	3 (1K, 2W)
Salahaddin	-	10 (5K, 5W)	4 (4W)
TOTAL	-	10 (5K, 5W)	7 (1K, 6W)

 

Security In Iraq 2022-23

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
JAN 2022	87/41 Pro-Iran	33	59
FEB	42/14 Pro-Iran	10	29
MAR	46/12/1 Pro-Iran	19	21
APR	111/22 Pro-Iran	34	103
MAY	73/13 Pro-Iran	41	51
JUN	40/14 Pro-Iran	7	33
JUL	43/6 Pro-Iran	33	54
AUG	57/7/1 Pro-Iran	24	54
SEP	41/1/3 M	9	64
OCT	28/2/3 M	17	45
NOV	23	10	28
DEC	33/1 Pro-Iran	42	38
JAN 2023	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
Dec 22-28	7/6 Pro-Iran	-	3 US
Dec 29-31	4 Pro-Iran
DEC	35/26 Pro-Iran	2K	16W
Jan 1-7	10/6 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	5	9
Jan 8-14	7/3 Pro-Iran	3	3
Jan 15-21	10/6 Pro-Iran	6	6
Jan 22-28	11/10 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 29-31	3 Pro-Ira	-	-
JAN	42/28 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	14	20
Feb 1-7	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Feb 8-14	-	-	-
Feb 15-21	-	-	-
Feb 22-29	1	-	-
FEB	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 1-7	4/2 Pro-Iran	1	4
Mar 8-14	8/1 Pro-Iran	4	8
Mar 15-21	2	-	2
Mar 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 29-31	2/1Pro-iran	1	1
MAR	18/6 Pro-Iran	6	15
Apr 1-7	3/2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 8-14	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 15-21	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 22-28	1 Pro-Iran	4	-
Apr 29-30	1	2	-
APR	9/7 Pro-Iran	6	-
May 1-7	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
May 8-14	6/5 Pro-Iran	5	5
May 15-21	11/9 Pro-Iran	1	6

 

SOURCES

 

Bas News, "Three Iraqi Soldiers Killed, Injured in Fresh IS Attack in Kirkuk," 5/15/24

 

NINA, "The Islamic Resistance announces the targeting of an Israeli base in the Golan with drones," 5/21/24

- "The Islamic Resistance targets a Zionist army position in the Metulla colony," 5/18/24

- "The Islamic Resistance targets the Matula site, its garrison, and its vehicles with an armed offensive drone," 5/16/24

 

Shafaq News, "The Iraqi Resistance announces strikes on vital targets in Israel," 5/15/24

 

Al Sumaria, "Between Haditha and Salah al-Din … 4 soldiers were injured by an explosive device explosion," 5/18/24

 

Xinhua, "Iraqi Shiite militia claims drone attack on Israel," 5/15/24

- "Iraqi Shiite militia claims drone attack on Israel," 5/19/24

- "Iraqi Shiite militia claims drone attacks on Israeli targets," 5/16/24