Security In Iraq Jun 1-7, 2021

The first week of June was confirmation that the Islamic State’s annual Ramadan campaign was over in Iraq. Meanwhile pro-Iran groups have not stopped their attacks upon U.S. targets.

 

There were a total of 12 security incidents recorded from June 1-7, 2021. That was down from 20 the last full week of May.

 

5 of those incidents were by pro-Iran groups. Two drones were shot down over the Ain Al-Asad base in Anbar, while a rocket was intercepted heading towards the Baghdad International Airport. In Basra a logistics convoy working for the U.S. was hit by an IED and five more explosive devices were found and dismantled in Dhi Qar. Finally, pro-Iran Hashd factions were suspected in the assassination of a senior intelligence official in Baghdad meant as a warning to Prime Minister Mustafa Kazemi for his arrest of a Hashd commander and his steps to limit their power. The use of drones is a new threat to U.S. personnel in Iraq. Overall, these attacks began in December 2020 to mark the anniversary of the deaths of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander General Qasim Soleimani and Hashd leader Abu Muhandis. They are now meant to pressure the United States to withdraw its forces from Iraq and give into Iran’s demands over sanctions and its nuclear program.

 

There were just 7 incidents by the Islamic State during the start of June. Those happened in Baghdad (3), Diyala (2), Ninewa (1) and Salahaddin (1). This was a sign that the group’s annual Ramadan offensive was over after just four weeks.

 

There were 6 deaths and 29 wounded during the week. 1 Hashd al-Shaabi, 1 member of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and 4 civilians were killed and 7 Hashd and 22 civilians were injured. Baghdad had the most casualties with 28.

 

The Islamic State took credit for a rare attack within Baghdad city on June 3 when a bomb went off in the Khadimiya district which left 3 dead and 16 wounded. The other two incidents occurred in the Tarmiya area in the north where IS has reactivated its cell in recent months. There was a period when the insurgents were attempting to infiltrate into Baghdad itself and there were bombings about once a month. That ended around a year ago so the Khadimiya attack was a rarity.

 

Diyala, Ninewa and Salahaddin all had shootings. A checkpoint was shot at and there was a gun battle in Diyala, Kirkuk saw a checkpoint assault, while there was a shootout in Salahaddin.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7
Anbar	1 Pro-Iran
Baghdad	5/2 Pro-Iran
Basra	1 Pro-Iran
Dhi Qar	1 Pro-Iran
Diyala	2
Ninewa	1
Salahaddin	1
TOTAL	12/5 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7
Baghdad	28 (5K, 23W)
Diyala	5 (1K, 4W)
Ninewa	2 (2W)
TOTAL	35 (6K, 29W)

 

Attacks by Pro-Iran Groups 2021

	Date - Incident - Location
Jan, 2021	1/1/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Muthanna 1/4/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Salahaddin 1/8/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad & Muthanna 1/9/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil, IED dismantled – Dhi Qar 1/18/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar 1/20/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 1/21/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 1/22/21 - Rockets – Baghdad International Airport/Jihad, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 1/26/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar 1/31/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil
	January Totals – 13
Feb	2/4/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 2/7/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 2/8/21- IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya 2/10/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 2/11/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 2/15/21 - Rockets – Irbil Airport – 2 Killed, 8 Wounded, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 2/17/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar 2/18/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Basra & Diwaniya 2/19/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Basra 2/20/21 - Rockets – Salahaddin’s Balad Air Base – 2 Wounded 2/22/21 - Rockets – Baghdad’s Green Zone 2/25/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 2/26/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 2/27/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya
	February Totals – 16 – 2 killed, 10 wounded
Mar	3/2/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 3/3/21 - Rockets – Anbar’s Al-Asad Air Base, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad, Diwaniya & Muthanna 3/11/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar 3/13/21 – Rockets - Salahaddin’s Balad Air Base, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya 3/15/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 3/18/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya & Muthanna 3/20/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Salahaddin 3/21/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 3/25/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil & Baghdad 3/29/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil & Dhi Qar 3/30/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar & Salahaddin 3/31/21 - IED dismantled – Diwaniya
	March Totals – 20
Apr	4/1/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad 4/4/21 – Rockets -  Salahaddin’s Balad Air Base, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya 4/5/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil, Baghdad & Diwaniya 4/7/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar, Babil x2 & Salahaddin 4/8/21 – Rockets found – Anbar, Ain Al-Asad Base, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil 4/13/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Muthanna 4/14/21 – Drone/Rockets – Irbil Airport, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil, Dhi Qar 4/15/21 – Rockets – Dohuk Turkish Army Base – 1 Turk killed, 1 wounded 4/16/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar 4/17/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar 4/18/21 – Rockets – Salahaddin’s Balad Air Base – 5 wounded 4/22/21 – Rockets – Baghdad’s Camp Victory 4/25/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar 4/27/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar, Dhi Qar, Diwaniya 4/28/21 – Gunfire checkpoint – Anbar 4/29/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar
	April Totals – 27 – 1 Killed (Turk), 6 Wounded
May	5/2/21 – Rockets – Baghdad’s International Airport, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil, Muthanna 5/3/21 – Rockets – Salahaddin’s Balad Air Base – 1 wounded 5/4/21 – Rockets – Anbar’s Ain Al-Asad Base, IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Basra 5/6/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar, Salahaddin 5/8/21 – Rockets – Anbar’s Ain Al-Asad Base 5/11/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya 5/13/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar 5/14/21 - IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar 5/18/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar, Diwaniya 5/23/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Anbar – 1 wounded, Babil, Dhi Qar, Diwaniya, Muthanna 5/24/21 – Rockets – Anbar’ Ain Al-Asad Base 5/27/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Muthanna, Diwaniya 5/28/21 – Rockets dismantled - Baghdad
	May Totals – 24 – 2 Wounded
Jun	6/3/21 – IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Basra, Dhi Qar 6/6/21 – Drone attack – Anbar’s Ain Al-Asad Base, Rockets intercepted – Baghdad International Airport
	Jun Totals - 4

 

 

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	-
2020 Totals	215	103	28	41	3	13	41	-	-
Jan 2021	11	4	1	3	-	1	1	-	-
Feb	16	2	3	3	-	2	2	-	-
Mar	12	8	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
Apr	12	13	3	4	-	-	2	-	-
May	20	6	3	9	-	2	2	-	-
Jun	2	-	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
2020 Totals	87	44	20	24	1	14	21	4	-
Jan 2021	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb	5	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Mar	4	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Apr	7	4	3	2	1	3	1	-	-
May	14	6	8	1	-	-	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
2019 Totals	60	54	32	5	2	6	8	2	6
2020 Totals	82	41	30	13	3	5	4	-	-
Jan 2021	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar	8	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Apr	10	6	6	1	1	1	-	-	-
May	9	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
Jun	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

           

Security In Iraq 2019-20

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
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
Nov 15-21	19/1	18	25
Nov 22-28	24	11	26
Nov 29-30	8	1	10
NOV	87/1	60	110
Dec 1-7	19	4	30
Dec 8-14	21/2	13	26
Dec 15-21	15/2	6	8
Dec 22-28	17/6	3	22
Dec 29-31	11/2	3	4
DEC	83/12	29	90
Jan 1-7	21/2	13	19
Jan 8-14	17/3	12	6
Jan 15-21	20/3	52	133
Jan 22-28	10/3	13	12
Jan 29-31	9/1	2	6
JAN	77/13	92	176
Feb 1-7	19/2	11	23
Feb 8-14	11/3	4	8
Feb 15-21	20/7	11	23
Feb 22-28	13/4	13	23
FEB	63/16	39	77
Mar 1-7	19/5	5	8
Mar 8-14	12/2	13	15
Mar 15-21	24/6	8	7
Mar 22-28	14/2	8	13
Mar 29-31	9/5	2	1
MAR	79/20	39	44
Apr 1-7	16/10	3	5
Apr 8-14	15/6	6	18
Apr 15-21	32/4	19	44
Apr 22-28	31/6	15	42
Apr 29-30	12/1	11	23
APR	107/27	54	132
May 1-7	36/8	33	37
May 8-14	30/5	14	25
May 15-21	15/2	3	3
May 22-28	20/9	3	24
May 29-31	11	6	11
MAY	113/24	59	100
Jun 1-7	12/5	6	29

 

Violence By Province Jun 1-7, 2021

Province	Violence
Anbar	1 Pro-Iran Incident   2 Drones shot down
Baghdad	5/2 Pro-Iran Incidents 5 Killed 1 ISF 4 Civilians 23 Wounded 3 Hashd 20 Civilians   2 Shootings 1 IED 1 Mortar 1 Rocket Intercepted
Basra	1 Pro-Iran Incident   1 IED
Dhi Qar	1 Pro-Iran Incident   5 IEDs Dismantled
Diyala	2 Incidents 1 Killed 1 Hashd 4 Wounded 4 Hashd   2 Shootings
Ninewa	1 Incident 2 Wounded 2 Civilians   1 Shooting
Salahaddin	1 Incident   1 Shooting

 

SOURCES

 

Agence France Presse, "two drones destroyed above base housing Americans in Iraq: Army," 6/7/21

 

Al Alam, "A joint force clashed with elements of ISIS south of Salahaddin," 6/3/21

 

Al Arabiya, "Senior Iraqi intelligence officer killed in Baghdad: Sources," 6/7/21

 

Asharq Al-Awsat, "2 Drones Shot Down Above Iraq Base Housing US Troops," 6/6/21

 

Associated Press, "Iraqi officials: Explosion at Baghdad restaurant kills 3, injures 16," 6/4/21

 

Bas News, "IS Militants Attack Hashd al-Shaabi near Khanaqin, Kill One," 6/7/21

 

Al Hurra, “A reaction and a threat to the Al-Kazemi government … Details about the assassination of the Iraqi intelligence officer,” 6/8/21

NINA, "A convoy of logistical support for the international coalition forces was targeted in Basra," 6/3/21

- "A fighter in the Popular Mobilization was wounded in an ISIS attack northeast of Baquba," 6/4/21

- "One of the Popular Mobilization Regiments was subjected to a mortar attack north of Baghdad," 6/2/21

- "Two civilians were injured by unidentified fire east of Mosul," 6/7/21

 

NRT, "ISIS Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Explosion," 6/3/21

 

Shafaaq News, "Tarmiya attack leaves one victim and 7 wounded," 6/4/21

- "Within hours … the fifth bomb intended to target the coalition in southern Iraq was dismantled," 6/3/21