Violence in Iraq has returned to a very low level. For the third week in a row incidents were only in the teens. This came after the Islamic State announced a new offensive in April-May where attacks went up to 2018 levels. The government has also been launching an aggressive series of security sweeps which have also kept insurgent operations down.
From June
15-21 there were just 16 security incidents reported in the media. That was the
same number from the week before. 2 of those incidents were pro-Iran groups firing rockets at targets in Baghdad that housed
Americans, plus a third where rockets were discovered before they were launched. These
types of attacks have been renewed as the Iraqi government has entered talks
with the United States over a new security agreement. Tehran is trying to send
the message that the Americans can be targeted at any time and that they should
leave the country. That left 13 incidents likely by IS versus 12 the week
before, and 17 the first week of June.
Incidents
were distributed across just five provinces, 1 in Kirkuk, 4 in Baghdad and
Diyala each, 2 in Ninewa, and 5 in Salahaddin.
Those led
to 11 deaths and 19 wounded. 1 civilian, 4 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and 6
Hashd al-Shaabi lost their lives with another 5 ISF, 7 civilians, and 7 Hashd
being injured. Salahaddin had the most casualties with 19, followed by 6 in
Diyala, 4 in Ninewa, and 1 in Baghdad. Although casualties were low the
security forces suffered more than civilians which has been a decided change
over the last two months. It appears IS is attempting to intimidate and
establish military superiority over the rural areas they operate in by going
after the police, army, and Hashd.
Since the
Islamic State lost its last bit of territory in Syria last year it has been
moving in men and material from the country into Iraq largely via Anbar. In
response the government has constant security operations in the large
uninhabited areas of the province. There were seven during the week going
through the desert areas, the border,
and the Hit district.
Besides
the three rocket incidents a lawyer was also assassinated in Tarmiya, a town in northern
Baghdad province. This has been a main hub of militant activity for years.
Diyala had
four incidents during the week. An army patrol was hit by an IED, a group of civilians were attacked, and an IS sniper
killed a Hashd and wounded a soldier all in the Muqdadiya district in the
center. An infiltration attempt was foiled in the Khanaqin district in the
northeast. This province is the center of IS activity in Iraq which is why it
regularly has a high number of incidents.
3 people
who’d been kidnapped weeks before were rescued
by the security forces in a village in the Daquq district in southern Kirkuk.
IS was never expelled from the southern region of the governorate which is why
almost all incidents occur there.
There were
two IEDs in Ninewa targeting civilians.
That led to four wounded total. Both occurred in the Qayara district south of
Mosul. IS is also using western Ninewa to smuggle in people from Syria. Most
attacks now occur in the south in places like Qayara.
Salahaddin
was the most violent area of Iraq. It had five incidents including IEDs aimed
at an army convoy and a Hashd patrol,
a tribal Hashd leader was assassinated, and a checkpoint was shot at. The biggest event
however was an attack upon a Hashd headquarters in the Samarra district that left
6 casualties. IS has greatly picked up its operations in the province in recent
weeks. In response there have been a slew of security sweeps with three this
week, one in the east, one in west Samarra in the center, and the last in Yathrib in the south.
Security Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jun 1-7
|
Jun 8-14
|
Jun 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
4 Pro-Iran
|
4/
3 Pro-Iran
|
|
Diyala
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
|
Irbil
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
|
Ninewa
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
|
Salahaddin
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
TOTAL
|
17
|
16/
4 Pro-Iran
|
16/
3 Pro-Iran
|
Casualties In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jun 1-7
|
Jun 8-14
|
Jun 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
4 (4K)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
-
|
2 (2W)
|
-
|
|
Baghdad
|
-
|
-
|
1 (1K)
|
|
Diyala
|
10 (5K, 5W)
|
14 (8K, 6W)
|
6 (2K, 4W)
|
|
Irbil
|
4 (2K, 2W)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
14 (2K, 12W)
|
6 (1K, 5W)
|
-
|
|
Ninewa
|
-
|
1 (1W)
|
4 (4W)
|
|
Salahaddin
|
-
|
2 (1K, 1W)
|
19 (8K, 11W)
|
|
TOTAL
|
32 (13K,
19W)
|
25 (10K,
15W)
|
30 (11K,
19W)
|
Islamic
State Activity in Iraq 2018-20
|
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
|
|
2019
Totals
|
185
|
112
|
33
|
63
|
2
|
6
|
29
|
2
|
-
|
|
Jan 2020
|
13
|
6
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
16
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
15
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
20
|
17
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
38
|
18
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
9
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
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
|
|
2019
Totals
|
77
|
116
|
24
|
19
|
6
|
8
|
18
|
-
|
1
|
|
Jan 2020
|
10
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
5
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
17
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
May
|
15
|
10
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
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
|
|
2019
Totals
|
63
|
49
|
14
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
17
|
-
|
3
|
|
Jan 2020
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
5
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Mar
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
5
|
9
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
2
|
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
|
|
2019
Totals
|
60
|
54
|
32
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
|
Jan 2020
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
21
|
6
|
9
|
5
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Security In Iraq 2019-20
|
Week
|
Security
Incidents
(Total/By
IS)
|
Dead
(Total/By
IS)
|
Wounded
(Total/By
IS)
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
32
|
17/10
|
24
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
32
|
94/31
|
53
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
22
|
17/11
|
16/14
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
27
|
36/17
|
31
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
|
JAN 2019
|
114
|
139
|
130/128
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
29/1
|
76/16
|
30
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
24
|
26
|
18
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
40
|
112/37
|
12
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
36
|
70
|
|
FEB
|
118/1
|
250/115
|
130
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
13
|
22
|
45
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
19
|
75/10
|
37
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
12
|
66/37
|
21/11
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
13
|
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
|
9/8
|
26
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
19
|
45
|
15
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
APR
|
99
|
105
|
100
|
|
May 1-7
|
20
|
15
|
18
|
|
May 8-14
|
24
|
31
|
41
|
|
May 15-21
|
37/1
|
62/25
|
39
|
|
May 22-28
|
43
|
39
|
54
|
|
May 29-31
|
13
|
16
|
48
|
|
MAY
|
137/1
|
163/125
|
200
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
26
|
19
|
44
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
25/1
|
29
|
15
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
21/2
|
6
|
13/10
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
18
|
17
|
41
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
9
|
3
|
9
|
|
JUN
|
99/3
|
74
|
122/119
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
20
|
11
|
39
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
14
|
31
|
10
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
17
|
14
|
37
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
23
|
14
|
20
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
8
|
13
|
13
|
|
JUL
|
82
|
83
|
119
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
27
|
14
|
31
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
18
|
13
|
13
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
20
|
33
|
15
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
27
|
24
|
72
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
11
|
19
|
10
|
|
AUG
|
104
|
103
|
141
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
39
|
39
|
38
|
|
Sep 8-14
|
30
|
35
|
43
|
|
Sep 15-21
|
23
|
27
|
26
|
|
Sep 22-28
|
24/1
|
15
|
20
|
|
Sep 29-30
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
|
SEP
|
123/1
|
122
|
131
|
|
Oct 1-7
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
|
Oct 8-14
|
14
|
25
|
17
|
|
Oct 15-21
|
19
|
29
|
13
|
|
Oct 22-28
|
22/1
|
33
|
10
|
|
Oct 29-31
|
12/1
|
4
|
11
|
|
OCT
|
70/2
|
92
|
53
|
|
Nov 1-7
|
6/1
|
4
|
1
|
|
Nov 8-14
|
9/1
|
2
|
25
|
|
Nov 15-21
|
15/1
|
11
|
2
|
|
Nov 22-28
|
17/1
|
24
|
33
|
|
Nov 29-30
|
8/1
|
6
|
37
|
|
NOV
|
55/5
|
47
|
98
|
|
Dec 1-7
|
36/3
|
33
|
44
|
|
Dec 8-14
|
19/3
|
19
|
19
|
|
Dec 15-21
|
26
|
44
|
25
|
|
Dec 22-28
|
30/1
|
30
|
38
|
|
Dec 29-31
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
|
DEC
|
120/7
|
134
|
133
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
25/7
|
16
|
84
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
24/3
|
12
|
34
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
23/2
|
11
|
12
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
11/1
|
10
|
8
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
8/1
|
4
|
1
|
|
JAN 2020
|
91/12
|
53
|
139
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
22
|
13
|
11
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
18/1
|
5
|
38
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
16/2
|
42
|
18
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
15
|
34
|
|
Feb 29
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
|
FEB
|
85/3
|
80
|
103
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
17/3
|
11
|
17
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
15/2
|
13
|
33
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
14/2
|
5
|
19
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
14/1
|
13
|
11
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
9
|
5
|
10
|
|
MAR
|
69/8
|
47
|
90
|
|
Ap 1-7
|
27/1
|
27
|
37
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
24
|
25
|
51
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
33/1
|
19
|
34
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
22
|
8
|
40
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
|
APR
|
111/2
|
81
|
165
|
|
May 1-7
|
44/1
|
47
|
36
|
|
May 8-14
|
49
|
21
|
47
|
|
May 15-21
|
66/1
|
45
|
64
|
|
May 22-28
|
30
|
9
|
21
|
|
May 29-31
|
7
|
3
|
12
|
|
MAY
|
196/2
|
125
|
180
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
17
|
13
|
19
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
16/4
|
10
|
15
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
16/3
|
11
|
19
|
Violence By Province Jun 15-21, 2020
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Baghdad
|
4/3 Pro-Iran
1 Killed
1
Civilian
1
Shooting
3
Rockets
|
|
Diyala
|
5 Incidents
2 Killed
1 Hashd
1 ISF
4 Wounded
1 ISF
3
Civilians
3
Shootings
1 IED
|
|
Ninewa
|
2 Incidents
4 Wounded
4
Civilians
2 IEDs
|
|
Salahaddin
|
5 Incidents
8 Killed
3 ISF
5 Hashd
11 Wounded
4 ISF
7 Hashd
3
Shootings
2 IEDs
|
SOURCES
AIN, "The popular crowd pursues the remnants of ISIS
east Salahaddin," 6/15/20
Baghdad Post, "A
lawyer was assassinated by gunmen north of Baghdad,' 6/19/20
- "The assassination
of an official in the clan crowd by gunmen south of Salahaddin," 6/19/20
Bas News, "Tuz
Khurmatu: Seven Iraqi Soldiers Killed, Injured in Bomb Blast," 6/15/20
France 24, "Rockets
hit Baghdad’s Green Zone for the fifth time in ten days," 6/18/20
Al Maalomah, "Anbar .. Launching a security campaign
to purify desert areas of ISIS remains," 6/18/20
- "The crowd is conducting a maneuver on the
Iraqi-Syrian border," 6/11/20
- "Killing and
wounding 4 fighters from the Popular Mobilization explosion, southeast of
Salahaddin," 6/20/20
- "A member of the
crowd was killed and a soldier was wounded by ISIS sniper fire, east
Diyala," 6/20/20
- "The PMF carries out an inspection to pursue ISIS
remnants in Anbar," 6/16/20
- "The popular crowd
announces the liberation of 3 kidnapped in an ISIS cave, west of Daquq,"
6/16/20
- "The popular crowd purges two villages of ISIS
waste east of Salahaddin," 6/22/20
Al Monitor, "Iraqi
forces thwart rocket attack near US troops," 6/16/20
- "Three Katyusha
rockets land near Baghdad's airport," 6/16/20
NINA, "2 Civilians
Wounded By An IED South Of Mosul," 6/19/20
- "3 Tunnels And 5
Dens Of ISIS Found In Salah al-Din," 6/22/20
- "An ISIS
Infiltration Attempt Foiled Near Khanaqin, Diyala," 6/20/20
- "Joint forces Carry A Massive Security Operation
In Baghdad Belt Areas And Anbar Desert," 6/11/20
- "Joint Forces Carry Out A Raid And Inspection To
The Farms Adjacent To The Euphrates River In Anbar," 6/14/20
- "Joint Forces Conduct An Inspection Operation In
Southern Samarra," 6/20/20
- "A Number Of Boats Of ISIS Destroyed In Salah
al-Din," 6/22/20
- "An operation for tracking and clearing the
orchards north of Muqdadiya, northeast of Baquba," 6/16/20
- "An Operation Starts At Down In Salah al-Din
Boundaries With Diyala, Samara, And Kirkuk," 6/22/20
- "The PMF and army launch a security operation to
hunt down remnants of ISIS in the Anbar desert," 6/21/20
- "The PMF and the security forces carry out a
security operation in the Tharthar desert," 6/15/20
- "The Popular Crowd:
Clearance of /14/ km from Hawi al-Adhaim, north of Diyala," 6/22/20
- "A Soldier Killed By
An Explosive Device, Northeast Of Baquba," 6/17/20
- "Three people from
one family were injured in an armed attack northeast of Baquba," 6/17/20
- "Two people wounded
in an explosive device south of Mosul," 6/20/20
Shafaaq News, Terrorists
infiltrates the security forces … Salahaddin talks about Mekeeshfa
attack," 6/21/20
Al Sumaria, "A member
of the crowd was killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in Metibji,
6/16/20
- "The popular crowd carries out raids and searches
west of Samarra," 6/17/20
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