Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Records New High In Attacks Upon Israel In Sep 2024

September’s security news was dominated by attacks by the Iraqi Islamic Resistance. The Islamic State was also active during the month but still at a low level.

 

The Islamic State attempted to be more active in Iraq during September but failed to make a real mark. There were 7 incidents by the group which was the same amount as the month before. That tied for second most during the year but there were 7 incidents in May and August as well. The group is only averaging around 1 incident per week which is nothing.

 

In September the group carried out a bombing in Baghdad, an IED and ambush in Kirkuk, two bombings in Ninewa one of which was old leftover ordinance, and there was an explosive device and a gun battle during a police raid in Salahaddin. That meant there were only 5 actual attacks during the month.

 

All together these incidents left 4 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and 5 civilians dead along with 1 Peshmerga, 4 Hashd al-Shaabi, 8 ISF and 3 civilians wounded.

 

In comparison there were 29 incidents by the Iraqi Resistance against Israel. The previous high was 20 in May. The factions picked up attacks after Israel began assassinating Hezbollah members and attacking Lebanon. Before there was only about 1-2 attacks per week but then starting on September 22 there have been operations every day.

 

There were also rockets fired at Baghdad Airport in the middle of the month. The pro-Iran groups main interest remains in forcing the United States out of the country and would much rather be attacking them. The problem is the Sudani government and Iran negotiated a ceasefire in February which has largely been maintained despite occasional breaches like this one.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Sep 1-7	Sep 8-14	Sep 15-21	Sep 22-28	Sep 29-30	Total
Baghdad	-	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	-	-	2/1 Pro-Iran
Israel	1 Pro-Iran	-	2 Pro-Iran	18 Pro-Iran	8 Pro-Iran	29 Pro-Iran
Kirkuk	1	1		-	-	2
Ninewa	1	-	1	-	-	2
Salahaddin	-	-	2	-	-	2
TOTAL	3/1 Pro-Iran	3/1 Pro-Iran	5/2 Pro-Iran	18 Pro-Iran	8 Pro-Iran	37/30 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Sep 1-7	Sep 8-14	Sep 15-21	Sep 22-28	Sep 29-30	Total
Baghdad	-	4 (2K, 2W)	-	-	-	4 (2K, 2W)
Kirkuk	4 (1K, 3W)	5 (2K, 3W)	-	-	-	9 (3K, 6W)
Ninewa	5 (4K, 1W)	-	4 (4W)	-	-	9 (4K, 5W)
Salahaddin	-	-	3 (3W)	-	-	3 (3W)
TOTAL	9 (5K, 4W)	9 (4K, 5W)	7 (7W)	-	-	25 (9K, 16W)

 

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 (8 Amer)
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
May 22-28	6/2 Pro-Iran	11	12
May 29-31	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
MAY	27/20 Pro-Iran	18	22
Jun 1-7	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 8-14	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 15-21	2/1 Pro-Iran	1	-
Jun 22-28	5 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 29-31	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
JUN	14/13 Pro-Iran	1	-
Jul 1-7	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 8-14	4	10	4
Jul 15-21	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 29-31	-	-	-
JUL	12/8 Pro-Iran	10	4
Aug 1-7	3/2Pro-Iran	-	10 (5 Amer)
Aug 8-14	2	2	-
Aug 15-21	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	2
Aug 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Aug 29-31	4/1 Pro-Iran	4	8 (7 Amer)
AUG	13/6 Pro-Iran	6	20 (14 Amer)
Sep 1-7	3/1 Pro-Iran	5	4
Sep 8-14	3/1 Pro-Iran	4	5
Sep 15-21	5/2 Pro-Iran	-	7
Sep 22-28	18 Pro-Iran	-	-
Sep 29-30	8 Pro-Iran	-	-
SEP	37/30 Pro-Iran	9	16

 

SOURCES

 

Middle East Monitor, "Iraq resistance group claims drone attack on Israel," 9/19/24

 

NINA, "4 Popular Mobilization Forces injured in bomb explosion west of Nineveh," 9/16/24

- "The Islamic Resistance announces targeting its vital target in Haifa with drones," 9/15/24

 

Rudaw, "Explosively allegedly left by ISIS kills four in Nineveh," 9/1/24

- "One Peshmerga badly wounded in explosion in Tuz Khurmatu," 9/16/24

 

Al Sumaria, "Details of storming a terrorist guest house in Samarra … It led to the injury of an officer," 9/17/24

- "Iraqi factions attack Israeli target with a swarm of drones," 9/26/24

 

Xinhua, "2 killed in bomb explosion in Iraqi capital," 9/10/24

- "2 officers killed in IS attack in N. Iraq," 9/13/24

- "2 rockets hit U.S. embassy facility, military base near Baghdad airport," 9/11/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims 4 drone attacks on Israeli targets," 9/28/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims drone attack on Israel's Haifa," 9/4/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims drone attack on Israel's port city," 9/26/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims drone attack on Israeli base," 9/23/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims drone, missile attacks on Israeli targets," 9/22/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims drone, missile attacks on Israeli targets," 9/27/24

- "Iraqi militant group claims multiple drone, missile attacks on Israeli targets," 9/25/24

- "Iraqi militia claims drone attack on Israeli-occupied Golan Heights," 9/24/24

- "Military officer killed in bomb explosion in N. Iraq," 9/5/24