 |
| (Iraqi News) |
Despite the Islamic State being in the third month of its spring-summer campaign Revenge of the Levant incidents have decreased every week of June. There were 26 the first week, 25 the second, and then 16 the third week. That could be because two of the main sources on violence in Iraq are offline so there were likely more incidents then were recorded this month.
There were 21 incidents total from June 15-21. Five
of those were by pro-Iran groups attempting to send a message to the United
States while it was in a dispute with Iran over its nuclear and foreign
policies. That included rockets fired at the Baghdad military airport, the Taji
base in Baghdad, the Ninewa Operations Command in Mosul, the Rumaila oil field
in Basra, and the Burjesia oil company compound in Basra as well. Baghdad had
the most incidents with 7 total during the week out of the seven provinces
reporting violence.
Security
Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jun 1-7
|
Jun 8-14
|
Jun 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
|
Babil
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
|
Baghdad
|
3
|
4
|
7/5
|
|
Basra
|
-
|
-
|
0/2
|
|
Diyala
|
7
|
9
|
3
|
|
Kirkuk
|
3
|
5
|
-
|
|
Ninewa
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
Salahaddin
|
-
|
4
|
3
|
|
TOTALS
|
26
|
25
|
21/16
|
Casualties
In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jun 1-7
|
Jun 8-14
|
Jun 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
7
(1K, 6W)
|
1
(1W)
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
-
|
-
|
2
(2W)
|
|
Baghdad
|
28
(9K, 19W)
|
1
(1K)
|
4
(4K)
|
|
Basra
|
-
|
-
|
3
(3W)
|
|
Diyala
|
9
(6K, 3W)
|
5
(2K, 3W)
|
4
(4W)
|
|
Kirkuk
|
10
(2K, 8W)
|
8
(5K, 3W)
|
-
|
|
Ninewa
|
9
(1K, 8W)
|
24
(20K, 4W)
|
2
(2W)
|
|
Salahaddin
|
-
|
5
(1K, 4W)
|
4
(2K, 2W)
|
|
TOTALS
|
63 (19K, 44W)
|
44 (29K, 15W)
|
19/16 (6K, 13/10W)
|
6 people were killed and 13 wounded during the week. That
consisted of 2 Hashd al-Shaabi and 4 civilians losing their life along with 2
Hashd, 2 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and 9 civilians being injured. 3 of the
wounded were in Basra and not by the Islamic State. Baghdad, Diyala and
Salahaddin all tied with 4 casualties each.
After a relative flurry of attacks, the first week of June
there have only been one incident the second and one the third week of the
month. On June 16 some IS fighters were caught
attempting to infiltrate from Syria into the western section of the
governorate. Despite the decline there have still been more security incidents
in June compared to May.
There are only sporadic attacks in Babil. This week an IED
hit police in the Jurf al-Sakhr district in the northeast and a mortar
was fired at a village in the north. Usually when attacks happen in the
governorate they are in Jurf which is a Hashd base providing a variety of
targets for the insurgents. Hitting the northern town therefore was a bit of a
variation in the militants’ past history.
The Islamic State is taking this offensive to slowly creep
back into Baghdad. There were 10 incidents in the governorate in May. So far
there have already been 12 in June. Almost all of these attacks are in the
outer villages known as the Baghdad belt. There were five such attacks the
third week of June and all were shootings. The most significant was an assassination
attempt upon a parliamentarian in Latifiya in the outer south. If IS wants
to challenge the government, maintain its standing and earn more money it has
to return to the capital. June shows that it is slowly but surely attempting
that.
Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa, and Salahaddin are the heart of the
insurgency. There were no incidents in Kirkuk this week. In Diyala, there were
3 incidents, that included two suicide bombers being arrested in two separate
incidents,
and a successful suicide
bombing in the Khanaqin district in the northeast. Khanaqin has been a
favorite target of the insurgents since the central government took control of
the area in 2017 from the Kurds. There are not enough security forces there and
those that are come from different and often competing units allowing space for
the militants to operate in. There were just two incidents in Ninewa. One was
an old
IED going off in Mosul which injured 2. At the end of the month, IS claimed it burned a
field in Rabia, in the Sinjar district in the northwest. Finally an RPG
rig was found on the Samarra-Baghdad highway, some IS
fighters were caught trying to infiltrate into the Samarra district, and an
IED
went off on some Hashd in Tuz Kharmato. Many of these were the usual mix of
intimidating local civilians and security forces in rural areas. The suicide
bombing in Diyala was the first of its type in June and was another sign of the
Revenge of the Levant campaign.
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
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
Jun
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
28
|
29
|
10
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
|
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
|
11
|
13
|
3
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
13
(9 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
10
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
80
|
44
|
15
|
28
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
1
|
-
|
|
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
|
11
|
18
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
13
(13 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
41
|
65
|
11
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
16
|
-
|
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
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
6
(5 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
1
|
|
Jun
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
(4 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
35
|
22
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
14
|
-
|
3
|
|
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
|
10
|
9
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
6
(5 Farms
Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
27
|
32
|
13
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
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)
|
3
(2 – Anbar
1 – Ninewa)
|
4
|
|
Jun
|
1
(1 – Diyala)
|
-
|
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
|
114
|
139
|
130
|
|
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
|
250
|
130
|
|
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
|
61
|
147
|
101
|
|
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
|
105
|
100
|
|
May 1-7
|
18/17
|
9
|
17
|
|
May 8-14
|
24
|
31
|
41
|
|
May 15-21
|
37/36
|
62
|
39
|
|
May 22-28
|
43
|
39
|
54
|
|
May 29-31
|
13
|
16
|
48
|
|
MAY
|
136/135
|
162
|
199
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
26
|
19
|
44
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
25
|
29/10
|
15
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
21/16
|
6
|
13/10
|
Violence
By Province Jun 15-21, 2019
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Anbar
|
1 Incident
1
Shooting
|
|
Babil
|
2 Incidents
2 Wounded
2 ISF
1 IED
1 Mortar
|
|
Baghdad
|
7/5 Incidents
4 Killed
4
Civilians
5
Shootings
2
Rockets
|
|
Basra
|
2 Incidents
3 Wounded
3
Civilians
2
Rockets
|
|
Diyala
|
3 Incidents
4 Wounded
4
Civilians
1
Suicide Bomber
2
Suicide Bombers Arrested
|
|
Ninewa
|
3 Incidents
2 Wounded
2 Civilians
1 IED
1 Rocket
1 Field
Burned
|
|
Salahaddin
|
3 Incidents
2 Killed
2 Hashd
2 Wounded
2 Hashd
1
Shooting
1 IED
1 Rocket
|
SOURCES
Agence France Presse, “US
interests come under repeated fire in Iraq: officials,” 6/19/19
AIN, "Dead and wounding four from the
crowd, including a regiment commander in Salahaddin," 6/21/19
Baghdad Post, "Two people were injured when
an explosive device exploded in the old city of Mosul," 6/19/19
Bas News, "Khanaqin:
Suicide Bombing Wounds Four," 6/20/19
Ebraheem, Mohammed,
"Iraqi security arrest IS terrorist with explosive belt in Diyala,"
Iraqi News, 6/16/19
- "Iraqi Shiite militias foil Islamic State
plot to infiltrate into Salahaddin," Iraqi News, 6/16/19
Al Ghad Press, "The
popular crowd fills a failed infiltration attempt in Anbar," 6/16/19
Al Mada, "The arrest
of a suicide bomber in Diyala and the targeting of a gather in Ninewa,"
6/18/19
Reuters, "Rocket hits
site of foreign oil firms in Iraq's Basra, two hurt," 6/18/19
Rudaw, "ISIS claims responsibility for
fires on Syria-Iraq border," 6/21/19
Shafaaq News, "Three
Katyusha rockets hit Taji camp," 6/17/19
Al Sumaria, "Office:
The survival of MP Mohammed Ali Zinni from an assassination attempt," 6/21/19
- "A rocket-propelled grenade was position
on the highway between Baghdad and Samarra," 6/15/19
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