 |
| (Al Mada) |
In April the Islamic State announced a new spring-summer offensive Revenge of the Levant named after the group’s recent loss of its last territory in Syria. Things started off slowly that month, but the campaign is now fully underway in May.
There were 37 incidents from May 15-21. One of those was by
a pro-Iran group which fired
a rocket at the Green Zone as tensions between Tehran and Washington
escalated. The other 36 incidents were by IS and up from 24 the week before and
18 the first week of the month. This was the most in one week since 41 during April
8-14. The increasing number of attacks is a sign that the spring-summer
campaign has finally gotten underway.
Security Incidents In
Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
May 1-7
|
May 8-14
|
May 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
2
|
4/3
|
|
Diyala
|
5
|
4
|
17
|
|
Kirkuk
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
|
Ninewa
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
|
Salahaddin
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
TOTALS
|
18
|
24
|
37/36
|
Casualties In Iraq By
Province
|
Province
|
May 1-7
|
May 8-14
|
May 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
2 (2W)
|
3 (3W)
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
23 (9K, 14W)
|
2 (2K)
|
|
Diyala
|
5 (2K, 3w)
|
5 (3K, 2W)
|
37 (10K, 27W)
|
|
Kirkuk
|
11 (5K, 6W)
|
12 (4K, 8W)
|
15 (9K, 6W)
|
|
Ninewa
|
3 (1K, 2W)
|
20 (10K, 10W)
|
47 (41K, 6W)
|
|
Salahaddin
|
5 (1K, 4W)
|
9 (5K, 4W)
|
-
|
|
TOTALS
|
26 (9K, 17W)
|
72 (31K, 41W)
|
101 (62K, 39W)
|
There were a total of 101 casualties. 37 of those were victims
of the Islamic State found in a mass grave in Mosul. In total, 7 Hashd
al-Shaabi, 9 Iraqi Security Forces and 46 civilians were killed and 6 civilians,
6 ISF and 27 Hashd were injured. Diyala with 10 dead and 27 wounded had the
most casualties during the week.
Besides the rocket attack, the Islamic State carried out two
shootings and burned
a field in the north and west Baghdad. The capital province is still a
sideshow for IS, but it is hitting it more consistently after several weeks
during the winter when there were no incidents.
Burning farms is the Islamic State’s new tactic. Besides the
one in Baghdad, 3 more were burned in Salahaddin, 4 in Kirkuk, and 8 in Diyala.
IS using the fires to intimidate locals and extort money from them. The
insurgents have also been driving people out of towns likely to set up training
camps and bases. This is crucial to rebuild its cadres. Al
Mada reported 14 villages in west Diyala and 30 villages in Ninewa have
been emptied. Rural areas have consistently
complained that there is little to no security presence and that has
allowed IS free reign and given them the opportunity to carry out this new
strategy.
Diyala is the center of IS’s rebuilding. Besides the 8 farms
burned, it also attacked
a village, hit
a bus full of Hashd with an IED and set off
two IEDs at the house of the Muqdadiya police chief. 11 of the 17 incidents
were in the Khanaqin district in the northeast. Since the central government
took over the area from the Kurds it has become the militants’ favorite target
in the province because there are not enough security forces to adequately
cover it. A parliamentarian said locals were arming
themselves in the district to defend themselves because there was no ISF.
The insurgents have been slowly picking up attacks in
Kirkuk. There were 8 during the week. That included a checkpoint
being attacked, gunfire
with the ISF and an ambush. Rudaw had a story
that IS is freely moving in the disputed areas of the province where there is a
gap between the ISF and Peshmerga. Again, this is the result of Baghdad taking
over these areas from the Kurds.
There were 5 incidents in Ninewa. A motorcycle
bomb was set off in Mosul. That showed IS still had access to the city. For
the second week a village was attacked. The week before the mukhtar of the town
and 6 of his relatives were
murdered inside their home. This week 12 houses were burned there leading
100 families to flee. As stated before the insurgents are trying to drive
people out of their towns, especially in western Ninewa.
Islamic State
Activity in Iraq 2018-19
|
Anbar
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
45
|
67
|
13
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
|
Jan 2019
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
10
|
11
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
20
|
24
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
|
Diyala
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
219
|
198
|
47
|
43
|
5
|
13
|
25
|
3
|
1
|
|
Jan 2019
|
21
|
2
|
3
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
18
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
13
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
5
|
12
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
10
(8 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
64
|
37
|
12
|
23
|
1
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
172
|
182
|
39
|
18
|
10
|
14
|
29
|
9
|
6
|
|
Jan 2019
|
8
|
17
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
5
|
11
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
5
|
9
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
9
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
4
(4 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
36
|
49
|
10
|
8
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
-
|
1
|
|
Ninewa
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
139
|
74
|
43
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
|
Jan 2019
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Mar
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
32
|
17
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
-
|
2
|
|
Salahaddin
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
110
|
102
|
41
|
18
|
1
|
16
|
4
|
9
|
5
|
|
Jan 2019
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
7
|
11
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
(3 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
20
|
24
|
11
|
1
|
-
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
(Gun
Battles, Attacks on Checkpoints, Attacks on Mukhtars, Attacks on Towns are all
subsets of the total number of shootings and IEDs/Sticky Bombs reported)
Suicide-Car Bombs In
Iraq 2018-19
|
Month
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
Totals
|
|
Jan
|
7
(1- Diyala,
3 – Baghdad/Baghdad,
3 - Kirkuk)
|
6
(1- Anbar,
1 – Diyala,
1 – Kirkuk,
1 – Salahaddin,
2 - Babil)
|
13
|
|
Feb
|
4
(1 – Anbar/Ramadi
1 – Diyala
1 – Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
-
|
4
|
|
Mar
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk
1 - Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Apr
|
4
(1 - Salahaddin
3 – Anbar)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk) |
5
|
|
May
|
8
(1 – Diyala
1 - Salahaddin)
2 – Baghdad/1 - Baghdad
4 - Kirkuk)
|
-
|
8
|
|
Jun
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit) |
1
|
|
|
Jul
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk)
|
2
|
|
Aug
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
2
(1 – Anbar,
1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Sep
|
6
(1 – Ninewa)
2 – Anbar
3 – Salahaddin)
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk
1 – Salahaddin)
|
8
|
|
Oct
|
2
(1 – Anbar/Fallujah
1 – Salahaddin)
|
3
(1 – Anbar/Fallujah
1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
5
|
|
Nov
|
-
|
3
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul
2 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
3
|
|
Dec
|
-
|
1
(1 – Ninewa)
|
1
|
|
Jan
|
1
(1 – Anbar)
|
3
(1 – Anbar
1 – Kirkuk
1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
4
|
|
Feb
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul)
|
2
|
|
Mar
|
-
|
1
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul)
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
-
|
2
(1 – Anbar
1 - Salahaddin)
|
2
|
|
May
|
1
(1 – Baghdad)
|
-
|
1
|
Security In
Iraq 2018-19
|
Week
|
Security
Incidents
(Total/By IS)
|
Dead
(Total/By IS)
|
Wounded
(Total/By IS)
|
|
Jan
1-7
|
62/60
|
45
|
63
|
|
Jan
8-14
|
58/56
|
58/56
|
66/63
|
|
Jan
15-21
|
62/59
|
151
|
151
|
|
Jan
22-28
|
59/51
|
140/136
|
65/63
|
|
Jan
29-31
|
24
|
21
|
21
|
|
JAN 2018
|
265/
250 by IS
|
417/
409 by IS
(196 Violent Deaths)
|
366/
361 by IS
|
|
Feb
1-7
|
58/56
|
192/141
|
62/60
|
|
Feb
8-14
|
57
|
58
|
91
|
|
Feb
15-21
|
53/52
|
343
|
43
|
|
Feb
22-28
|
46/44
|
38/37
|
70/68
|
|
FEB
|
214/
209 by IS
|
631/
579 by IS
(215 Violent Deaths)
|
266/
262 by IS
|
|
Mar
1-7
|
68/64
|
115/108
|
79/77
|
|
Mar
8-14
|
52
|
75
|
59
|
|
Mar
15-21
|
64/59
|
165/119
|
98
|
|
Mar
22-28
|
77/64
|
210/87
|
61/60
|
|
Mar
29-31
|
19/18
|
26/25
|
34
|
|
MAR
|
280/
257 by IS
|
591/
414 by IS
(446 Violent Deaths)
|
331/
328 by IS
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
38/34
|
172/140
|
27/25
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
60/52
|
173/136
|
81/72
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
43/35
|
63/18
|
72/70
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
40/31
|
60/30
|
39/33
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
12/11
|
14/11
|
4
|
|
APR
|
193/
163 by IS
|
482/
335 by IS
(236 Violent Deaths)
|
223/
204 by IS
|
|
May
1-7
|
45/39
|
52/43
|
55/54
|
|
May
8-14
|
55/51
|
68/46
|
49
|
|
May
15-21
|
35/32
|
55/26
|
80/75
|
|
May
22-28
|
49/46
|
72/62
|
51/49
|
|
May
29-31
|
16/13
|
39/30
|
15
|
|
MAY
|
200/
181 by IS
|
286/
207 by IS
(261 Violent Deaths)
|
250/
242 by IS
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
50/44
|
96/87
|
29/28
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
67/59
|
107/47
|
88
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
40/35
|
82/28
|
19
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
45/44
|
53/38
|
62
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
17/15
|
21/16
|
14
|
|
JUN
|
219/
197 by IS
|
359/
216 by IS
(315 Violent Deaths)
|
212/
211 by IS
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
50/49
|
56/52
|
90
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
42/39
|
56/47
|
31
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
50/45
|
59/42
|
63
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
29/24
|
61/53
|
19/15
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
23/21
|
25/13
|
11
|
|
JUL
|
194/
178 by IS
|
257/
207 by IS
(212 Violent Deaths)
|
214/
210 by IS
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
43/39
|
49/45
|
30/29
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
43/42
|
38
|
44
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
38/35
|
24/21
|
40/37
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
35/31
|
25/19
|
61
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
27/24
|
68/30
|
43
|
|
AUG
|
186/
171 by IS
|
204/
153 by IS
(189 Violent Deaths)
|
218/
214 by IS
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
38
|
44
|
54
|
|
Sep 8-14
|
48/43
|
63/55
|
127
|
|
Sep 15-21
|
44/38
|
90/74
|
70
|
|
Sep 22-28
|
36/33
|
22/17
|
27/26
|
|
Sep 29-30
|
9/6
|
19/10
|
29/25
|
|
SEP
|
175/
158 by IS
|
237/
200 by IS
(179 Violent Deaths)
|
307/
302 by IS
|
|
Oct 1-7
|
54/49
|
85/25
|
92
|
|
Oct 8-14
|
43/41
|
161/152
|
41
|
|
Oct 15-21
|
54/50
|
87/72
|
35
|
|
Oct 22-28
|
24/23
|
24/20
|
53
|
|
Oct 29-31
|
23
|
10
|
24
|
|
OCT
|
198/
186 by IS
|
367/
279 by IS
(177 Violent Deaths)
|
245 by IS
|
|
Nov 1-7
|
32/31
|
75/69
|
36
|
|
Nov 8-14
|
39/31
|
111/63
|
19
|
|
Nov 15-21
|
30/27
|
51/43
|
29
|
|
Nov 22-28
|
26/21
|
35/25
|
30
|
|
Nov 29-30
|
9/8
|
4
|
27
|
|
NOV
|
136/
118 by IS
|
276/
204 by IS
(183 Violent Deaths_
|
141 by IS
|
|
Dec 1-7
|
22/15
|
21/8
|
11
|
|
Dec 8-14
|
22
|
15
|
22
|
|
Dec 15-21
|
23/21
|
23/16
|
17
|
|
Dec 22-28
|
30/28
|
24/18
|
37
|
|
Dec 29-31
|
15/14
|
225/220
|
4
|
|
DEC
|
112/
100 by IS
|
308/
277 by IS
(96 Violent Deaths)
|
91 by IS
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
32/31
|
17/10
|
24
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
32/30
|
97/94
|
53
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
22/18
|
17/11
|
16/14
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
27/22
|
36/17
|
31
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
|
JAN
|
125/
114 by IS
|
174/
139 by IS
(108 Violent Deaths)
|
130/
128 by IS
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
29/28
|
76
|
30
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
24
|
26
|
18
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
40
|
112
|
12
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
36
|
70
|
|
FEB
|
118/
117 by IS
|
250 by IS
(115 Violent Deaths)
|
130 by IS
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
13
|
22
|
45
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
19/18
|
75/10
|
37
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
12/11
|
66/37
|
21/11
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
13/12
|
8/5
|
1
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
|
MAR
|
63/
61 by IS
|
179/
147 by IS
(54 Violent Deaths)
|
111/
101 by IS
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
20
|
22
|
13
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
41
|
28
|
42
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
17/16
|
9/8
|
26
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
19/18
|
45/10
|
15
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
APR
|
99 by IS/97
|
105 by IS
(69 Violent Deaths)
|
100 by IS
|
|
May 1-7
|
18/17
|
9
|
17
|
|
May 8-14
|
24
|
31
|
41
|
|
May 15-21
|
37/36
|
62
|
39
|
Violence By Province May 15-21,
2019
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Baghdad
|
4/3 Incidents
2 Killed
2 Civilians
2 Shootings
1 Rocket
1 Field Burned
|
|
Diyala
|
17 Incidents
10 Killed
3 Civilians
7 Hashd
27 Wounded
27 Hashd
2 Shootings
5 IEDs
2 Sticky Bombs
8 Fields Burned
|
|
Kirkuk
|
8 Incidents
9 Killed
9 ISF
6 Wounded
6 ISF
3 Shootings
3 IEDs
4 Fields Burned
|
|
Ninewa
|
5 Incidents
41 Killed
41 Civilians
6 Wounded
6 Civilians
4 IEDs
1 Motorcycle Bomb
|
|
Salahaddin
|
3 Incidents
3 Fields Burned
|
SOURCES
Adel, Loaa, "2 bombs explode
inside Muqdadiyah Police Chief's garage in Diyala," Iraqi News, 5/21/19
Baghdad Post, "A car bomb in
Ayman Mosul," 5/18/19
- “Samarraie demands Abdul Mahdi declare a state of emergency in
Salahaddin,” 5/18/19
Bas News, "Another
Kurdish-owned Wheat Farm Burned in Diyala," 5/22/19
- "Farm Fire in Kurdish
Disputed Areas: Another 50 Hectares Burned," 5/20/19
- "IS Ambushes Iraqi Police Convoy
in Kirkuk Kills Two<" 5/16/19
- "Kirkuk: Farms of Kurdish
Residents Set on Fire by Unknown Men," 5/19/19
- "Unknown Saboteurs Behind
Farm Fire in Tuz Khurmatu: Farmer," 5/22/19
Aldroubi, Mina, “Iraq accuses ISIS of setting fire to hundreds of acres
of farmland,” The National, 5/19/19
Ebraheem, Mohammed, "Bomb
explosion kills seven PMF personnel in Diyala," Iraqi News, 5/19/19
- "Islamic State militants
set fire to 12 houses in Mosul," Iraqi News, 5/18/19
- "Mass
grave of Islamic State victims found in Iraq's Mosul," Iraqi News, 5/21/19
Al Forat, "A series of fires
devour the orchards of Yathrib," 5/19/19
Iraq Newspaper, "Repelled An
Attack By A Terrorist Who Published Photographs Of A Man And His Son Being
Burned In Their Cars In Khanaqin," 5/16/19
Kurdistan 24, "Gunmen kill
nine Iraqi police in two attacks in Kirkuk," 5/16/19
Al Mada, “A series of mysterious fires consume 3,000 donums of
agricultural land in five governorates,” 5/19/19
- “An unknown group claims responsibility for bombing Green Zone in
retaliation for Trump,” 5/20/19
- “A village burns on the outskirts of Mosul as part of a plan to break
into the city,” 5/18/19
Mostafa, Mohamed, “Iraq farmers go in night watches as mysterious fires
hit wheat farms,” Iraqi News, 5/18/19
NINA, "Daesh burns dozens of
donums of wheat fields in Kirkuk," 5/18/19
- "Fire breaks Out In Groves
North Of Baquba," 5/21/19
- “MP From Diyala Calls For Military Intervention To Eliminate Daesh
Cells In The Countryside Of Khanaqin,” 5/17/19
Read, Russ,
"Rocket fired at US embassy in Iraq the same model used by Iran,"
Washington Examiner, 5/19/19
Rudaw, “ISIS insurgents move freely in disputed Kirkuk: locals,” 5/21/19
Sotaliraq, "Burning hundreds
of dunums of agricultural land within the borders of Kirkuk," 5/19/19
- "A huge fire broke out in a
field of wheat in Salahaddin," 5/21/19
Al Sumaria, "Civilian killed
by gunmen fire west of Baghdad," 5/16/19
- "Unknown gunmen kill a
civilian north of Baghdad," 5/20/19
Xinhua, "6 policemen killed
in IS attacks in northern Iraq," 5/16/19
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