After the re-capture of Baiji Iraq only has one major on
going offensive, which is in Ramadi and Fallujah in Anbar. During the start of
November 2015 that fight was halted twice due to bad weather. Despite that the
joint forces still made progress into the latter city. On the other hand, the
much talked about Kurdish operation to seize Sinjar was called off due to political
differences. The Islamic State also tried striking back in Dibis, Kirkuk, but
was repulsed. IS is still largely on the defensive, which accounts for the low
level of violence across the country for the last several weeks.
There were 125 security incidents reported in the press
during the first week of November. There were 47 in Baghdad, 29 in Salahaddin,
26 in Anbar, 7 in Diyala, 6 in Kirkuk, and 4 in Babil. The number of attacks
has been steady
for the last six months. That’s largely because IS has been thrown back on the
defensive in both Anbar and Salahaddin. That has left the group to focus upon
terrorist attacks in the capital, which is why Baghdad province leads the
country in incidents each week.
There were 186 dead and 316 wounded from November 1-7. 70
died in Ninewa, 58 in Baghdad, 29 in Salahaddin, 9 each in Anbar and Kirkuk, 8
in Diyala, and 3 in Babil. By category there were 1 Sahwa, 12 Peshmerga, 16
Hashd al-Shaabi, 27 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and 130
civilians killed, and 30 Hashd, 38 Peshmerga, 63 ISF, and 185 civilians
injured. The 186 fatalities were the lowest recorded for any full week of 2015.
While dozens of deaths are never reported, they do appear to be declining
because attacks have gone down as well.
Violence
In Iraq By Week 2015
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Jan 1-7
|
205
|
466
|
464
|
Jan 8-14
|
176
|
733
|
518
|
Jan 15-21
|
193
|
403
|
528
|
Jan 22-28
|
197
|
492
|
899
|
Jan 29-31
|
91
|
306
|
568
|
JAN
|
862
|
2,400
|
2,977
|
Feb 1-7
|
159
|
408
|
688
|
Feb 8-14
|
178
|
443
|
566
|
Feb 15-21
|
175
|
592
|
383
|
Feb 22-28
|
178
|
391
|
730
|
FEB
|
690
|
1,834
|
2,367
|
Mar 1-7
|
186
|
373
|
595
|
Mar 8-14
|
156
|
398
|
656
|
Mar 15-21
|
170
|
1,304
|
505
|
Mar 22-28
|
186
|
273
|
406
|
Mar 29-31
|
76
|
205
|
219
|
MAR
|
774
|
2,553 + 4
|
2,381 + 150
|
Apr 1-7
|
130
|
218
|
422
|
Apr 8-14
|
140
|
674
|
531
|
Apr 15-21
|
175
|
729
|
717
|
Apr 22-28
|
167
|
497
|
483
|
Apr 29-30
|
51
|
162
+ 7
|
182
+ 299
|
APR
|
663
|
2,280
|
2,335
|
May 1-7
|
159
|
627
|
450
|
May 8-14
|
161
|
420
|
549
|
May 15-21
|
128
|
963
|
387
|
May 22-28
|
115
|
341
+ 1,499
|
348
|
May 29-31
|
38
|
66
|
164
+ 646
|
MAY
|
601
|
2,417 + 1,499
|
1,898 + 646
|
Jun 1-7
|
133
|
431
|
476
|
Jun 8-14
|
126
|
522
+ 405
|
394
|
Jun 15-21
|
141
|
365
|
373
|
Jun 22-28
|
162
|
306
|
474
|
Jun 29-30
|
61
|
122
+ 58
|
189
+ 106
|
JUN
|
623
|
1,804
|
2,012
|
Jul 1-7
|
161
|
435
|
719
|
Jul 8-14
|
140
|
384
|
570
|
Jul 15-21
|
109
|
359
|
597
+ 4,024
|
Jul 22-28
|
145
|
527
|
590
|
Jul 29-31
|
53
|
193
+ 260
|
203
+ 400
|
JUL
|
608
|
2,158
|
3,079 + 4,024
|
Aug 1-7
|
154
|
650
+ 760
|
298
|
Aug 8-14
|
133
|
756
|
640
|
Aug 15-21
|
135
|
345
|
354
|
Aug 22-28
|
136
|
342
|
296
|
Aug 29-31
|
59
|
112
|
169
|
AUG
|
617
|
2,205 + 760
|
1,757
|
Sep 1-7
|
139
|
285
|
352
|
Sep 8-14
|
144
|
368
|
394
|
Sep 15-21
|
123
|
323
|
488
|
Sep 22-28
|
128
|
190
|
258
|
Sep 29-30
|
39
|
106
+ 19
|
147
+ 8
|
SEP
|
573
|
1,291 + 314
|
1,647 + 3,003
|
Oct 1-7
|
105
|
291
|
398
|
Oct 8-14
|
144
|
254
|
389
|
Oct 15-21
|
142
|
208
|
279
|
Oct 22-28
|
129
|
216
|
366
|
Oct 29-31
|
49
|
110
|
116
+ 1
|
OCT
|
569
|
1,079
|
1,549
|
Nov 1-7
|
125
|
186
|
316
|
Security
by Province Nov 2015
Provinces
|
Nov
1-7
|
Anbar
|
26 Incidents
9 Killed: 2 Civilians, 7 ISF
45 Wounded: 1 Hashd, 10 Civilians,
34 ISF
11 Shootings
3 IEDs
2 Mortars
19 Suicide Bombers Killed
24 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Babil
|
4 Incidents
3 Killed: 3 Civilians
12 Wounded: 12 Civilians
4 IEDs
|
Baghdad
|
47 Incidents
58 Killed: 1 Sahwa, 3 ISF, 54
Civilians
156 Wounded: 1 ISF, 155 Civilians
14 Shootings
22 IEDs
3 Sticky Bombs
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
|
Diyala
|
7 Incidents
8 Killed: 2 Hashd, 2 Civilians, 4
ISF
4 Wounded: 4 Civilians
3 Shootings
1 IED
|
Kirkuk
|
6 Incidents
9 Killed: 1 ISF, 3 Civilians, 5
Peshmerga
16 Wounded: 4 ISF, 12 Peshmerga
3 Shootings
4 Suicide Bombers
1 Car Bomb
|
Ninewa
|
14 Incidents
70 Killed: 7 Peshmerga, 63
Civilians
30 Wounded: 4 Civilians, 26
Peshmerga
5 Shootings
1 IED
1 Car Bomb
2 Mortars
4 Suicide Bombers Killed
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
|
Salahaddin
|
21 Incidents
29 Killed: 3 Civilians, 12 ISF, 14
Hashd
53 Wounded: 24 ISF, 29 Hashd
7 Shootings
53 IEDs
3 Suicide Bombers
1 Suicide Car Bomb
1 Mortar
14 Suicide Bombers Killed
22 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Poor weather led to the halting of the Ramadi offensive
twice. Heavy rains hit Iraq and on November
1 and 5 that resulted in the operation being temporarily called off. Despite that new progress was reported. On November
1 the joint forces crossed the Albu Faraj Bridge and started moving towards
central Ramadi. It was reported
that they were only 2 kilometers from the government complex. The joint forces
also made advances on all sides of the city from Sherra,
7
Kilo, Warar, and Zankura road in the west, Madaiq
in the east, Jeraishi
Bridge in the north, along with Albu
Mari. Another sweep was also reported in Husaiba
to the east of Ramadi. Some of those areas like 7 Kilo and Husaiba have been
heavily contested and traded hands several times since the Anbar offensive
began in July, and will likely continue to be so in the future.
The government continued to fight for control of Haditha in
western Anbar as well. Albu
Hayat was cleared on November 3 and then a district wide operation was announced
on November 4, the fifth since July. Major clashes continued in Albu Hayat
despite the official claim. Haditha is one of the few areas that Baghdad still
controls in that section of the province.
There were two other operations in Anbar that have not
showed so much progress. One was in Fallujah that has seemingly stalled, and
the other was in Garma in the east, which was called off at the end of October
after seven months although fighting continues there.
Baghdad is now the most violent governorate in Iraq. It had
the most casualties during the week with 58 dead and 156 wounded. The north and
east had the most incidents with 12 each. While almost all of the attacks in
the north were due to the Islamic State, in the east a mix of insurgents,
criminals, vigilantes and Hashd elements were probably responsible since they
included robberies and bodies being dumped.
Violence In Baghad, Nov. 1-7, 2015
Center: 6 – 1 Kidnapping, 1
IED, 2 Sticky Bombs, 2 Shootings
East: 10 – 1 Stabbing, 1
Robbery, 1 Shooting/Robbery, 1 Sticky Bombs, 2 IEDs, 4 Shootings
Outer East: 2 – 1 Shooting, 1
IED
North: 8 – 1 Attempted
Kidnapping, 3 IEDs, 4 Shootings
Outer North: 4 – 4 IEDs
South: 4 – 4 IEDs
Outer South: 5 – 1 Stabbing,
4 IEDs
West: 6 – 1 Robbery, 1
Kidnapping, 1 Shooting, 3 IEDs
Outer West: 2 – 1 Suicide Car
Bomb Destroyed, 1 Shooting
After the fall of Baiji in October many were expecting IS to
launch a counter attack, and that might have occurred in Dibis, Kirkuk. On
November 3 a sleeper cell launched an attack upon the police station and
government building in the city led by a car
bomb and four
suicide bombers. The Kurdish security forces were able to beat back the
attack, but not before losing six members and having another 16 injured in the
process.
In Ninewa the much expected effort to retake all of Sinjar
was called off. On November
2 the operation was said to have started with a few advances, but then it
was called off because of political disputes between the Kurdistan Workers’
Party (PKK), Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and Yazidi factions. All three
are competing for political influence in the district, and that has gotten in
the way of fighting the Islamic State. IS has also maintained its probing
attacks against the Kurds in Mosul
Dam, Hardan,
Sinjar, and Tal
Saqif that left 7 Peshmerga dead and 26 wounded. IS executed 57 people in
Mosul and Hamam al-Aleel as well.
With Baiji retaken IS returned to attacks spread throughout
the province. There were 2 suicide bombings in Balad
in the south, 3 suicide bombers to the west
of Tikrit, 7 car bombs at Siniya
airport in the northeast, and 2 suicide bombers in Tarmiya
just north of Baghdad amongst others. The government’s forces were still
pushing north of Baiji and clearing up that area. There was also heavy fighting
outside of Samarra between the joint forces and IS, and in the Makhoul
Mountains in the northeast of the province by Baiji despite it being declared
cleared at the end of October.
Finally, IS’s car bomb campaign entered its six month. There
were eight straight days of vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED)
attacks starting on October 31 to November 7. During the week there were 56
such incidents, but only three were successful. Anbar had the most VBIEDs with
29, all of which were destroyed. Salahaddin had 23 with only one getting to its
target. There were another two in Ninewa, and one each in Baghdad and Kirkuk. IS
probably started this new VBIED wave to make up for the fact that it is largely
on the defensive now. It wants to keep up the pace of its operations until it
launches another offensive.
Car
Bombs In Iraq, November 2015
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Nov 1
|
Subhait, Anbar
– 1 destroyed
Obied, Baghdad
– 1 destroyed
Rabia, Ninewa
– 1 destroyed
|
||
Nov 2
|
Balad,
Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
||
Nov 3
|
Dibis,
Kirkuk
West of
Ramadi, Anbar – 5 destroyed
Leine,
Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
3
|
|
Nov 4
|
Hardan,
Ninewa
Adil &
Rashad, Anbar – 9 destroyed
|
1
|
15
|
Nov 5
|
Zankura, Anbar
– 1 destroyed
Siniya,
Salahaddin – 7 destroyed
|
||
Nov 6
|
Baiji,
Salahddin
Albu Faraj
& Jeraishi, Anbar – 4 destroyed
Sukker,
Salahaddin – 13 destroyed
|
7
|
20
|
Nov 7
|
Albu Hayat – 9
destroyed
|
||
Totals
|
3 – 53 Destroyed
|
8
|
38
|
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News, "Peshmerga Forces Advancing in Sinjar," 11/2/15
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Khalid, Harman, "Peshmerga Repel Multiple IS Offensives Near
Sinjar," Bas News, 11/8/15
Al
Mada, "2 km separating the security forces from storming the government
compound in central Ramadi," 11/1/15
-
"Killing and wounding a Dozen Daash in military operation sin Anbar and
Salahuddin," 11/4/15
-
"The killing of dozens of Daash during separate security operations in
Anbar and Salahuddin provinces," 11/3/15
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security operation east of Ramadi," Iraqi News, 11/3/15,
-
"Joint forces cleanse Albu Hayat area west of Ramadi, kill 40 ISIS
elements," Iraqi News, 11/3/15
-
"Security forces cleanse al-Madaiq, kill 33 ISIS elements, says Khalidiya
Council," Iraqi News, 11/3/15
Al
Masalah, "80 terrorists killed and the destruction of 30 vehicles and
explosives," 11/5/15
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Al-Najaf,
Kamaran, Hussein, Mohammed, and Tahir, Tawaz, "IS attack in oil rich
Dibis district," Iraq Oil Report, 11/3/15
|
|
NINA,
"Albu Mar'I area and al-Shamiya Palace liberated and raising the Iraqi
flag on the Palestine bridge in Ramadi," 11/4/15
-"A
Car Bomb Goes off Northwest Of Mosul," 11/1/15
|
|
- "Daash Blows Up A Nunnery In Tall Afar In Nineveh,"
11/7/15
-
"Federal Police Defuse A Booby-Trapped House, 2 Betls, Kill A Terrorist
In Tikrit," 11/1/15
-
"Federal Police Kill 4 Terrorists In Ramadi And Baiji," 11/2/15
-
"A large number of terrorists killed, and /13/ car bomb destroyed in
Salah al-Din," 11/6/15
-
"A Number Of Peshmerga Killed And Wounded In Sinjar," 11/4/15
|
|
- "A number of terrorists killed, and
their hideouts and vehicle destroyed in different parts of Baghdad and its
outskirts," 11/1/15
Press
TV, "Bomb attack kills 7 volunteer Iraqi fighters, injures 20
others," 11/6/15
Al
Rayy, "Cleared Zankurah road wes of Ramadi of Daash," 11/4/15
-
"Four car bombs driven by suicide bombers destroyed trying to attack
checkpoint east Fallujah," 11/4/15
-
"Iraqi forces storm Ramadi from the northern side and progress towards
city center," 11/1/15
-
"Killed more than 70 members of Daash in west Anbar," 11/3/15
-
"Repelled an attack by Daash with seven car bombs in Siniya," 11/5/15
-
"A security source: anti-terrorism unit enter Camp Warar in Anbar,"
11/4/15
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Shafaq
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Ramadi," 11/2/15
-
""For the Second time" weather conditions stop liberation of
Ramadi," 11/5/15
-
"Security forces control al-Jarashi bridge northern Ramadi," 11/3/15
-
"Security forces liberate the entire area of 7 km western Ramadi,"
11/3/15
-
"Security forces resume military operations from all axes for the
Liberation of Ramadi," 11/1/15
Sotaliraq,
"23 people dead and wounded including four gunmen during a failed attempt
to take police cener in Qaimmqamah," 11/3/15
-
"Anbar operations announces repelling a Daash attack with four car bombs
north of Ramadi," 11/6/15
-
"Foiled an attempt by five car bombs targeting security forces in
Garma," 11/4/15
-
"Security forces repelled a Daash attack on west Anbar killing nine suicide
bombers," 11/7/15
-
"Thwarted suicide attack by a booby-trapped tanker in Garma," 11/1/15
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