Security In Iraq Jul 15-21, 2025

 

Pro-Iranian groups continued attacks upon Kurdish targets during the third week of July. There were three straight days of drone strikes in the country.

 

Starting on July 15 drones attacked the Sarsang oil field in Dohuk while another drone crashed around the Miran gas field in Sulaymaniya. On July 16 drones hit the Tawke and Ain Sifni oil fields in Dohuk while another was found at the Bai Hassan field in Kirkuk. Finally, on July 17 a drone crashed outside Irbil City and another struck the Sheikhan refinery in Dohuk.

 

Because of these attacks several oil companies shut down their operations in the Kurdistan Region out of security concerns.

 

Baghdad launched an investigation into these incidents but refused to reveal many details as usual. Publicly the government said foreign manufactured drones were used and that the groups responsible had been identified and action would be taken against them.

 

Unofficially the inquiries were marred by politics. The first committee formed by Prime Minister Mohammed Sudani blamed Israel for the attacks. That was rejected by the premier who formed a second committee. Al Aalem reported that it found the group responsible launched drones from Jurf al-Sakhr in Babil. That is a large Kataib Hezbollah base. Nothing will be done because it is part of the government and protected by Iran.

 

Tehran’s Iraqi allies were humiliated by not taking part in the Iran-Israel War. To save face they began a series of attacks upon Kurds at the start of July because they are seen as pro-Western and pro-Israel.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Jul 1-7	Jul 8-14	Jul 15-21
Diyala	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Dohuk	1 Pro-Iran	-	4 Pro-Iran
Irbil	-	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran
Kirkuk	3/2 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran
Salahaddin	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Sulaymaniya	3 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran
Totals	10/9 Pro-Iran	4 Pro-Iran	7 Pro-Iran

 

Security In Iraq 2023-25

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
JAN 2023	29/4 Pro-Iran	12	15
FEB	20/3 Pro-Iran	12	18
MAR	9	18	8
APR	16	6	8
MAY	15	8	14
JUN	10	10	10
JUL	11/2 Pro-Iran	2	4
AUG	13/1 Pro-Iran	2	23
SEP	5	2	6
OCT	17/15 Pro-Iran	-	8
NOV	35/29 Pro-Iran	15	29 (8 Amer)
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 2024	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
Oct 1-7	21/18 Pro-Iran	6	14
Oct 8-14	17 Pro-Iran	-	-
Oct 15-21	9/8 Pro-Iran	1	-
Oct 22-28	17 Pro-Iran	-	2 US Soldiers
Oct 29-31	6 Pro-Iran	-	-
OCT	70/66 Pro-Iran	7	14 (2US Soldiers)
Nov 1-7	18 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 8-14	19 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 15-21	10/9 Pro-Iran	3	3
Nov 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 29-30	-	-	-
NOV	49/48 Pro-Iran	3	3
Dec 1-7	-	-	-
Dec 8-14	1	2	2
Dec 15-21	-	-	-
Dec 22-28	2	6	2
Dec 29-31	2	2	3
DEC	5	10	7
Jan 1-5	1	1	-
Jan 8-14	1	-	3
Jan 15-21	2	8	5
Jan 22-28	-	-	-
Jan 29-31	-	-	-
JAN 2025	4	9	8
Feb 1-7	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Feb 8-14	3	1	6
Feb 15-21	1	-	-
Feb 22-28	1	-	2
FEB	6/1 Pro-Iran	1	7
Mar 1-7	1	-	-
Mar 8-14	-	-	-
Mar 15-21	-	-	-
Mar 22-28	-	-	-
Mar 29-31	-	-	-
MAR	1	-	-
Apr 1-7	-	-	-
Apr 8-14	-	-	-
Apr 15-21	-	-	-
Apr 22-28	-	-	-
Apr 29-30	-	-	-
APR	-	-	-
May 1-7	1	-	1
May 8-14	1	-	-
May 15-21	-	-	-
May 22-28	-	-	-
May 29-31	-	-	-
MAY	2	-	1
Jun 1-7	-	-	-
Jun 8-14	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 15-21	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 22-28	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	6 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 1-7	10/9 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 8-14	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 15-21	7 Pro-Iran

 

SOURCES

 

Al Aalem, “Al-Alam Al-Jadeed reveals the identity of the radar bomber, and Al-Sudani punishes the committee that misled him,” 7/19/25

 

Hussain, Mohammed, Tahir, Nawaz, Abdulkhaliq, Arya, Lando, Ben and Van Heuvelen, Ben, “Drones strike Kurdistan oil fields,” Iraq Oil Report, 7/15/25

 

NINA, "A Drone crashes into agricultural land near an oil field in Kirkuk / Expanded," 7/16/25

- "Shekhan oil refinery in Dohuk targeted by a drone," 7/17/25

 

Tahir, Rawaz, Hussein, Mohammed, "Kurdistan oil sector under attack," Iraq Oil Report, 7/16/25

 

Xinhua, "Iraq reports frequent drone attacks on oil fields run by foreign companies," 7/17/25

- “Iraq says entities behind drone attacks on radar sites identified,” 7/19/25