Islamic State Shows Some Activity In Iraq In Sep 2025

 

The Islamic State showed a little bit of life in Iraq in September 2025. After just 1 incident in August there were 3 in September. One was an old explosive and another was a bomb going off which meant there were only 2 actual attacks during the month. That is about all the insurgency is capable of as it has collapsed.

Islamic State Makes A Rare Appearance In Iraq In August

 

The Islamic State has largely disappeared from Iraq. In August it made a rare appearance.

Security In Iraq Feb 8-14, 2025

The Islamic State returned to Iraq during the second week of February. This was the first time the group had been active in the country for three months.

No Islamic State Attacks In Iraq In Jan 2025

 

The Insurgency for all intense and purposes has died in Iraq. At the start of the year there were no attacks by the Islamic State in the country.

Security In Iraq Jan 15-21, 2025

The Islamic State remains dormant in Iraq during the new year. Some old ordinance exploded leading to casualties and there was a clash with the security forces during a security sweep in January.

Review Of Security In Iraq 2024

2024 saw the further decline of the Islamic State into obscurity in Iraq while the pro-Iran Iraqi Islamic Resistance launched a campaign against Israel for its war in Gaza but stopped operations in December due to foreign pressure.

Dec Sees Insurgent Violence In Iraq But No Actual Attacks By The Islamic State

There were several violent incidents in Iraq involving the Islamic State during December but none of them were actual attacks by the organization.

Security In Iraq Dec 22-28, 2024

There were two IED explosions in Iraq during the last full week of December but both were old ordinance that civilians stumbled upon.

Security In Iraq Dec 8-14, 2024

There was only one violent incident in Iraq during the second week of December.

Review Richard Engel, War Journal, My Five Years In Iraq, Simon & Schuster, 2008

Engel, Richard, War Journal, My Five Years In Iraq, Simon & Schuster, 2008

 

NBC News correspondent Richard Engel’s War Journal My Five Years In Iraq gives a different perspective from other books on the Iraq War. It’s not a history full of details. It’s not a soldier’s story about combat. It gives a Western journalist’s view of the conflict mixed in with the experiences of the Iraqis that he worked with. It reads like a journal and has some very interesting parts to it especially about the everyday brutality journalists and Iraqis had to live through during the civil war years.

Security In Iraq Nov 15-21, 2024

Both the Islamic State and the Iraqi Resistance were active in Iraq during the third week of November.

Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Carries Out 65 Attacks On Israel In October

October saw nearly daily attacks upon Israel by Iraq’s Islamic Resistance. Not only that but there were usually multiple attacks per day. The result was a massive increase in strikes against Israel. On the other hand the Islamic State was barely active during the month.

Security In Iraq Oct 15-21, 2024

The Islamic State was inactive for another week in Iraq while the Iraqi Islamic Resistance made sporadic attacks upon Israel.

Security In Iraq Oct 1-7, 2024

Both the Islamic State and the Iraqi Islamic Resistance were active in Iraq during the first week of October.

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.

Security In Iraq Sep 8-14, 2024

There were 3 security incidents in Iraq again during the second week of September, the same number as the week before.

Americans Dominate Casualties In Iraq In Aug 2024

More than half of the casualties in Iraq in August 2024 were Americans. This resulted from an attack by pro-Iran groups and a joint Iraq-U.S. raid on an Islamic State camp. This was a decided change from previous months.

New Round Of Attacks Upon US Troops In Iraq Leads To Retaliation In July 2024

During July the Islamic State was active for just one week and then absent the rest of the month. Pro-Iran groups however restarted attacks upon Iraqi bases that housed US troops and received a retaliatory attack by the Biden Administration in response.

Security In Iraq July 8-14, 2024

During the second week of July the Islamic State returned to Iraq. Pro-Iran groups on the other hand launched no attacks upon Israel for the first time in months.

Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Continued Its Campaign Vs Israel In June 2024

June was dominated by stories of Iraq’s Islamic Resistance launching attacks upon Israel for its war in Gaza. Some of these incidents were allegedly in conjunction with Yemen’s Houthis. The Islamic State was barely active during the month.