Security In Iraq Nov 8-14, 2020

Attacks in Iraq continued to fluctuate up and down. The first week of November there were 11 incidents. That went up to 25 the second week.

 

From November 8-14 security incidents took place across Babil (1), Baghdad (2), Ninewa (2), Anbar (3), Salahaddin (4), Kirkuk (5), and Diyala (8).

 

That left 23 dead and 39 wounded. 7 Hashd al-Shaabi, 8 civilians and 8 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) lost their lives while 7 civilians 16 Hashd and 16 ISF were injured. Baghdad had the most casualties with 20, with 16 in Kirkuk and 13 in Diyala.

 

Two soldiers were shot by a sniper and a checkpoint was attacked both in the Hit district. The Islamic State also kidnapped 4 people in the Rutba district and released three of them. Like the rest of Iraq incidents in Anbar have gone up and down nearly every week. The province is mostly used for smuggling so there are never that many attacks overall.

 

There was a rare clash between the insurgents and ISF in Baghdad. That occurred in Radwaniya in the south when IS attacked a checkpoint and set up an IED to hit the reinforcements that arrived. It left 11 dead and 8 wounded. This was one of the biggest incidents in the governorate for months. There was also an IED in Shaab in the north. The militants are no longer trying to infiltrate into Baghdad itself but it’s still carrying out a few operations in the periphery of the governorate.

 

As usual Diyala had the most incidents in Iraq during the week. Most were IEDs, a total of 4, but two checkpoints were attacked. The government also conducted three sweeps but these have had little effect upon security.

 

In Kirkuk there was one gun battle and a checkpoint was shot at amongst the 5 incidents there during the week. Most of these incidents occurred in the south where IS was never routed during the war, but there was one shooting in Kirkuk city as well.

 

Two towns were hit by mortars in Ninewa. One was in Tal Keif in the north and one in Hamam al-Alil in the south. Like Anbar there are few incidents here as it is mostly used for smuggling across the Syrian border.

 

Of the four incidents in Salahaddin there was one gun battle and some fishermen were attacked and one of their boats burned both in Tuz Kharmato. The insurgents have been hitting different parts of the province each week. Sometimes it’s in the south sometimes in the center sometimes in the north, etc. Most of these appear to be coming from Diyala and Kirkuk but IS also looks like it has some camps around Samarra in the center.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14
Anbar	1	3
Babil	1	1
Baghdad	-	2
Diyala	5	8
Kirkuk	1	5
Ninewa	3	2
Salahaddin	-	4
TOTAL	11	25

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14
Anbar	1 (1K)	4 (1K, 3W)
Babil	2 (2W)	1 (1K)
Baghdad	-	20 (11K, 9W)
Diyala	10 (4K, 6W)	13 (4K, 9W)
Kirkuk	1 (1K)	16 (5K, 11W)
Ninewa	3 (1K, 2W)	3 (3W)
Salahaddin	-	5 (1K, 4W)
TOTAL	17 (7K, 10W)	62 (23K, 39W)

 

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	13	1	-	2	-	1	2	-	-
Jul	10	10	1	2	-	-	2	-	-
Aug	16	5	2	7	-	3	3	-	-
Sep	21	8	2	3	-	-	6	-	-
Oct	17	11	1	2	2	1	2	-	-
Nov	7	6	-	2	-	-	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	5	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-
Aug	5	5	1	-	-	-	3	-	-
Sep	9	5	2	2	-	2	2	3	-
Oct	8	7	1	1	-	-	3	-	-
Nov	4	1	1	1	-	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
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	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jul	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Aug	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep	5	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct	4	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Nov	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-

 

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	4	1	2	-	-	1	-	-
Jul	4	5	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Aug	6	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
Sep	6	10	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
Oct	6	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
Nov	4	1	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
Jun 22-28	10/1	8	13
Jun 29-30	1	4	2
JUN	60/8	46	68
Jul 1-7	12/2	3	9
Jul 8-14	16/2	15	15
Jul 15-21	19/1	17	28
Jul 22-28	13/5	9	8
Jul 29-31	13/2	3	7
JUL	73/12	47	67
Aug 1-7	10/4	7	10
Aug 8-14	19/8	7	22
Aug 15-21	14/5	13	20
Aug 22-28	32/3	23	41
Aug 29-31	13/3	4	12
AUG	88/24	54	105
Sep 1-7	19/4	13	26
Sep 8-14	27/6	8	29
Sep 15-21	32/10	12	14
Sep 22-28	28/7	19	11
Sep 29-30	6/3	1	6
SEP	113/31	53	86
Oct 1-7	19/5	9	12
Oct 8-14	14/1	8	10
Oct 15-21	30/1	25	26
Oct 22-28	25/1	16	24
Oct 29-31	5	4	5
OCT	93/8	62	77
Nov 1-7	11	7	10
Nov 8-14	25	23	39

 

Violence By Province Nov 8-14, 2020

Province	Violence
Anbar	3 Incidents 1 Killed 1 ISF 3 Wounded 3 ISF   2 Shootings
Babil	1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Civilian   1 Shooting
Baghdad	2 Incidents 11 Killed 5 Hashd 6 Civilians 9 Wounded 1 Civilian 8 Hashd   1 Shooting 2 IEDs
Diyala	8 Incidents 4 Killed 1 Civilian 3 ISF 9 Wounded 1 Civilian 8 ISF   4 Shootings 4 IEDs
Kirkuk	5 Incidents 5 Killed 2 Hashd 3 ISF 11 Wounded 5 ISF 6 Hashd   3 Shootings 1 IED
Ninewa	2 Incidents 3 Wounded 3 Civilians   2 Mortars
Salahaddin	4 Incidents 1 Killed 1 ISF 4 Wounded 2 Civilians 2 Hashd   3 Shootings 1 IED

 

SOURCES

 

Baghdad Post, "A civilian was wounded by a foreign body explosion in Al-Shaab area in Baghdad," 11/8/20

 

Bas News, "IS Kills Tow Iraqi Policemen, Injures Four near Hawija," 11/14/20

- "Tuz Khurmatu: Hashd al-Shaabi Clashes with IS Militants," 11/13/20

 

Al Maalomah, "3 policemen were killed and wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Diyala," 11/13/20

- "Diyala .. Director of the water district of Abu Said survives an assassination attempt," 11/9/20

- "ISIS released 3 of the 4 shepherds, hours after they were kidnapped in western Anbar," 11/10/20

- "The launch of a military engineering operation in Khailania, northeastern Diyala," 11/12/20

- "A military operation to track down ISIS in the orchards and villages of Al-Abara in Diyala," 11/10/20

- "PMF And Federal Police Launch A Joint Security Operation South Of Kirkuk," 11/13/20

- "Thwarting an ISIS terrorist attack on an army station in Diyala," 11/12/20

- "Two soldiers wounded in an armed attack west of Anbar," 11/10/20

 

Al Monitor, "Suspected Islamic State gunmen kill 11 at military post outside Baghdad," 11/9/20

 

NINA, "2 IEDs Explode Without Injuries In Al-Muqdadiya, Diyala," 11/13/20

- "3 Civilians Wounded By 2 Mortar Shell, South Of Mosul," 11/14/20

- "3 Mortar Shells Hit An Area, North Of Mosul, Nineveh Governorate," 11/12/20

- "A Fighter In The PMF Injured By An IED In Makhoul Mountains," 11/8/20

- "A number of security elements were killed and wounded in the explosion of an explosive device in Kirkuk," 11/9/20

-"A Security Operation Launched To Secure The Desert Between Karbala And Anbar," 11/9/20

- "A Security Operation To Pursue ISIS Remnants In Naqshbandi Area, Northeast Of Baquba," 11/14/20

- "A Soldier Killed And Another Wounded In An IED's Explosion Northeast Of Baquba," 11/12/20

- "A Soldier Wounded In An ISIS Attack Northwest Of Kirkuk," 11/13/20

- "A Teacher Assassinated In Al-Muqdadiya District, Diyala," 11/13/20

- "Three policemen were killed and wounded when an explosive device went off northeast of Baqubah," 11/13/20

 

NRT, "Police Officer Killed, Three Others Wounded In ISIS Attack In Diyala's Jalawla," 11/14/20

 

Omar, Shahla, "Iraqi forces launch 'large scale' anti-ISIS air and ground operation in Salahaddin," Rudaw, 11/8/20

 

Shafaaq News, "ISIS attacks fishermen, east of Salahaddin, and the Lion of Amerli is attacked," 11/8/20

- "Unidentified people assassinate members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Kirkuk," 11/13/20

 

Al Sumaria, "An affiliate of the Federal Police was killed while responding to an ISIS attack in Samarra," 11/8/20

- "A civilian was killed in an armed attack south of Baghdad," 11/13/20

- "ISIS kidnapped a person southwest of Kirkuk," 11/10/20