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| (Iraqi News) |
The fourth week of July saw the highest number of security incidents in two months. That being said it was still at relatively the same level seen throughout 2019, this despite the Islamic State declaring a new spring-Summer offensive Revenge of the Levant.
There were 22 incidents in Iraq from July 22-28. That was
the highest amount for the month and the most since 24 incidents from June
8-14. Still, this was around the average number of weekly incidents that has
been seen all year. The Islamic State is supposed to be in the middle of its
annual spring-summer offensive, but it is not producing many operations.
Security
Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jul 1-7
|
Jul 8-14
|
Jul 15-21
|
Jul 22-28
|
|
Anbar
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
|
Diyala
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
|
Kirkuk
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
|
Ninewa
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
|
Salahaddin
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
TOTALS
|
20
|
13
|
17
|
22
|
Casualties
In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jul 1-7
|
Jul 8-14
|
Jul 15-21
|
Jul 22-28
|
|
Anbar
|
21
(7K, 14W)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
4
(4W)
|
1
(1W)
|
1
(1K)
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
2
(2W)
|
3
(3K)
|
34
(9K, 25W)
|
2
(2K)
|
|
Diyala
|
14
(3K, 11W)
|
9
(5K, 4W)
|
12
(1K, 11W)
|
4
(2K, 2W)
|
|
Kirkuk
|
-
|
3
(2K, 1W)
|
2
(2K)
|
14
(2K, 12W)
|
|
Ninewa
|
-
|
18
(18K)
|
-
|
6
(6K)
|
|
Salahaddin
|
-
|
7
(3K, 4W)
|
2
(1K, 1W)
|
4
(1K, 3W)
|
|
TOTALS
|
50 (10K, 40W)
|
41 (31K, 10W)
|
51 (14K, 37W)
|
30 (13K, 17W)
|
The fourth week of July had the lowest casualty count of the
month. 13 people died and 17 were wounded. That included 1 Iraq Security Forces
(ISF), 1 Hashd al-Shaabi and 11 civilians losing their lives and 3 ISF and 14
civilians being injured. Kirkuk with 14 had the most casualties during the
week.
For the third week in a row there were no incidents in
Anbar. Attacks there have gone up and down, but this is a really low level with
only 3 so far during July.
There were just 3 incidents in Baghdad. One was an attempt
upon a Kataib Hezbollah commander. That might have been political violence,
and not the Islamic State.
Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salahaddin remain the heart of the
insurgency. In Diyala there was a shootout and an attack upon a
checkpoint and the town of Islah was attacked twice with a house and two
cars burned.
All of those incidents occurred in the northeast in the Jalawla and Khanaqin
districts that have been a favorite target of militants since the central
government took over the areas from the Kurds. Mortars and rockets were also
popular during the week with three such incidents in Diyala and Kirkuk each. A
village in the Daquq district of Kirkuk in the south was also assaulted.
Two villages were attacked by IS in the Sinjar and
Hammam
al-Alil districts of eastern and southern Ninewa resulting in the assassination
of a sheikh. Finally a checkpoint
was shot at in Baiji in Salahaddin. The government just ended two major
security operations which might have resulted in the increase in violence in
these provinces. Then again, they have not been effective before in deterring
the work of the militants so the ups and downs in incidents might have just
been the ebb and flow of violence in Iraq.
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
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
31
|
29
|
10
|
2
|
5
|
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
|
15
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
4
|
10
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
89
|
56
|
18
|
34
|
1
|
1
|
20
|
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
|
5
|
10
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
1
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
44
|
79
|
11
|
10
|
5
|
6
|
18
|
-
|
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
|
2
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
4
(4 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
36
|
24
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
16
|
-
|
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)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
31
|
40
|
15
|
3
|
2
|
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
|
|
Jul
|
2 (2 – Baghdad/Malif)
|
-
|
2
|
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
|
130/128
|
|
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
|
20/19
|
15
|
18
|
|
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
|
137/136
|
163
|
200
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
26
|
19
|
44
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
25/24
|
29
|
15
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
21/16
|
6
|
13/10
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
18
|
17
|
41
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
9
|
3
|
9
|
|
JUN
|
99/93
|
74
|
122/119
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
20
|
11
|
39
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
14
|
31
|
10
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
17
|
14
|
37
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
22
|
13
|
17
|
Violence
By Province Jul 22-28, 2019
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Baghdad
|
3 Incidents
2 Killed
2
Civilians
3
Shootings
|
|
Diyala
|
9 Incidents
2 Killed
1 Hashd
1 ISF
2 Wounded
2 ISF
3
Shootings
1 IED
2
Mortars
1 Rocket
|
|
Kirkuk
|
5 Incidents
2 Killed
2
Civilians
12 Wounded
1 ISF
11
Civilians
1
Shooting
1 IED
2
Mortars
1
Rockets
|
|
Ninewa
|
3 Incidents
6 Killed
6
Civilians
2
Shootings
|
|
Salahaddin
|
2 Incidents
1 Killed
1 Civilian
3 Wounded
3
Civilians
1
Shooting
1 IED
|
SOURCES
Bas News, "Iraqi Soldier Killed in IS
Attack near Khanaqin," 7/25/19
- "IS Kills Tribal Leader, His Nephew near
Mosul," 7/24/19
- "Two People Killed Repelling IS Attack on
Village Near Sinjar," 7/24/19
Ebraheem, Mohammed, "Iraqi paramilitary
fighters repel IS attack on military checkpoint in Salahuddin," Iraqi
News, 7/23/19
Al Forat, "4 dead killed and two bodies of
Yazidis abducted in Sinjar," 7/24/19
Iraq Newspaper, "The Leader Of The Iraqi
Shiite Group, Hezbollah, Survived The Death By Firing A Revolver In Central
Baghdad," 7/24/19
Mawazin, "A security force member was
injured by fire in southern Diyala," 7/24/19
NINA, "Daesh attacks the village of Kakiya
west of Daquq," 7/26/19
- "Daesh Elements Attack A House And Burn A
Vehicle Northeast Of Baquba," 7/24/19
- "Daesh Targets A Village With Mortar
Shells, Wounding Two Civilians South Of Kirkuk," 7/25/19
- "Daesh Terrorists Infiltrate Into A
Liberated Village Northeast Of Baquba," 7/26/19
- "A Fighter Of The Popular Mobilization
Forces Killed In An Attack Northeast Of Baquba," 7/25/19
- "A Local official warns of deteriorating
the security situation in Diyala, 7/23/19
Xinhua, "IS militants attack 2 villages in
Iraq's Nineveh," 7/24/19
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