The Islamic State’s summer offensive might still be going on as there were double digit attacks by the group again during the third week of September. There were no incidents pro-Iran groups for another week.
There was a total of 12 security incidents in Iraq reported in the media from September 15-21. There were all done by the Islamic State and took place in Baghdad (1), Diyala (3), Kirkuk (4), Ninewa (3), and Salahaddin (1).
There were 4 deaths and 14 wounded as a result. 1 Hashd al-Shaabi and 3 civilians lost their lives and 2 members of the Iraqi Security Forces, 4 civilians and 8 Hashd were injured. Ninewa had 11 casualties followed by 6 in Diyala and 1 in Baghdad.
There was a shooting in northern Baghdad’s Tarmiya which has been a long time IS area. Almost all the violence in the capital province takes place there. This is a change from previous months when there was almost no activity in the governorate. Now there is about one incident per week.
Two checkpoints were attacked and a civilian was gunned down in Diyala. All of those took place in the Muqdadiya district in the middle of the province which is one of the main base of operations for the insurgency.
Two more checkpoints were hit in Kirkuk, mortars were fired at a shrine and an IED was discovered at an electricity tower. The shrine attack was a rare offensive operation during the week.
Ninewa saw the most casualties during the week because of a security operation which found some IS fighters in a tunnel who detonated a suicide bomb. That left 1 Hashd and 8 more wounded. There was a shooting and an old bomb went off as well.
Finally, in Salahaddin the militants attacked a Hashd brigade in Dujail which is in the southeast. That was the second offensive operation of the week by IS.
The Islamic State’s summer offensive started in the last full week of July with 10 incidents. Since then, there were 8 incidents the first week of August, 14 the second week, 5 the third, 19 the last full week of August, 10 the first week of September, 5 the second week and 12 the third week. That is still far fewer attacks then the last two campaigns launched by IS. The dearth of offensive attacks also shows how limited the Islamic State currently is. Even during an offensive it is really only able to increase attacks where it is already based and the majority of those are defensive meant to keep the government out of insurgent controlled areas.
Security Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province |
Sep 1-7 |
Sep 8-14 |
Sep 15-21 |
|
Babil |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Baghdad |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Diyala |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
Irbil |
1 Pro-Iran |
- |
- |
|
Kirkuk |
3 |
- |
4 |
|
Ninewa |
- |
1 |
3 |
|
Salahaddin |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sulaymaniya |
1 |
- |
- |
|
TOTAL |
11/1 Pro-Iran |
5 |
12 |
Casualties In Iraq By Province
|
Province |
Sep 1-7 |
Sep 8-14 |
Sep 15-21 |
|
Babil |
2 (2W) |
- |
- |
|
Baghdad |
1 (1K) |
3 (3W) |
1 (1K) |
|
Diyala |
7 (2K, 5W) |
1 (1W) |
6 (1K, 5W) |
|
Kirkuk |
5 (5W) |
- |
- |
|
Ninewa |
- |
4 (4W) |
11 (2K, 9W) |
|
Salahaddin |
- |
4 (4W) |
- |
|
Sulaymaniya |
8 (8W) |
- |
- |
|
TOTAL |
23 (3K, 20W) |
12 (12W) |
18 (4K, 14W) |
Attacks by Pro-Iran Groups
|
|
July Total 9 |
|
8/5/22 |
IED – Turkish Mall, Baghdad |
|
8/15/22 |
Rockets – Turkish army base, Ninewa |
|
8/21/22 |
IED on convoy carrying supplies to US - Salahaddin |
|
8/25/22 |
Rockets – Turkish army base, Ninewa |
|
8/26/22 |
IED on Australia diplomatic convoy - Baghdad |
|
8/28/22 |
Rockets found - Sulaymaniya |
|
|
August Total 5 (1) |
|
9/5/22 |
Rockets – Irbil |
|
|
September Total 1 |
Security In Iraq 2021-22
|
Week |
Security Incidents (Total/By IS) |
Dead (Total/By IS) |
Wounded (Total/By IS) |
|
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 |
31/5 |
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 |
|
Jun 8-14 |
22/10 |
7 |
7 |
|
Jun 15-21 |
24/4 |
14 |
14 |
|
Jun 22-28 |
19/2 |
10 |
17 |
|
Jun 29-30 |
5 |
- |
21 |
|
JUN |
83/21 |
36 |
87 |
|
Jul 1-7 |
38/9 |
11 |
35 |
|
Jul 8-14 |
25/4 |
7 |
17 |
|
Jul 15-21 |
20/1 |
48 |
75 |
|
Jul 22-28 |
10/1 |
10 |
7 |
|
Jul 29-31 |
16/5 |
30 |
30 |
|
JUL |
110/20 |
106 |
164 |
|
Aug 1-7 |
44/5 |
12 |
19 |
|
Aug 8-14 |
31/6 |
17 |
23 |
|
Aug 15-21 |
25/8 |
12 |
18 |
|
Aug 22-28 |
21/9 |
8 |
10 |
|
Aug 29-31 |
12/2 |
5 |
12 |
|
AUG |
133/30 |
54 |
82 |
|
Sep 1-7 |
21/3 |
12 |
24 |
|
Sep 8-14 |
28/3 |
24 |
36 |
|
Sep 15-21 |
13/1 |
5 |
17 |
|
Sep 22-28 |
17/4 |
13 |
9 |
|
Sep 29-30 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
SEP |
81/11 |
54 |
86 |
|
Oct 1-7 |
17 |
11 |
22 |
|
Oct 8-14 |
14/1 |
4 |
13 |
|
Oct 15-21 |
9/2 |
3 |
2 |
|
Oct 22-28 |
21/1/1 |
36 |
42 |
|
Oct 29-31 |
11/1 |
7 |
7 |
|
OCT |
72/6/1 |
61 |
86 |
|
Nov 1-7 |
20/2 |
3 |
20 |
|
Nov 8-14 |
15/1 |
11 |
18 |
|
Nov 15-21 |
14/4 |
2 |
4 |
|
Nov 22-28 |
15/4 |
10 |
14 |
|
Nov 29-30 |
3/1 |
1 |
3 |
|
NOV |
67/12 |
27 |
59 |
|
Dec 1-7 |
17/2 |
29 |
22 |
|
Dec 8-14 |
14/4 |
4 |
6 |
|
Dec 15-21 |
22/8 |
11 |
12 |
|
Dec 22-28 |
18/8 |
11 |
27 |
|
Dec 29-31 |
7/1 |
5 |
4 |
|
DEC |
78/23 |
56 |
67 |
|
Jan 1-7, 2022 |
18/9 |
3 |
4 |
|
Jan 8-14 |
35/21 |
3 |
18 |
|
Jan 15-21 |
12/5 |
17 |
12 |
|
Jan 22-28 |
16/3 |
8 |
19 |
|
Jan 29-31 |
6/2 |
2 |
6 |
|
JAN |
87/41 |
33 |
59 |
|
Feb 1-7 |
11/3 |
1 |
10 |
|
Feb 8-14 |
14/6 |
8 |
3 |
|
Feb 15-21 |
9/1 |
- |
11 |
|
Feb 22-28 |
8/4 |
1 |
5 |
|
FEB |
42/14 |
10 |
29 |
|
Mar 1-7 |
7/3 |
1 |
- |
|
Mar 8-14 |
18/3/1 |
6 |
5 |
|
Mar 15-21 |
10/4 |
5 |
6 |
|
Mar 22-28 |
6/1 |
7 |
4 |
|
Mar 29-31 |
4/1 |
- |
5 |
|
MAR |
46/12/1 |
19 |
21 |
|
Apr 1-7 |
16/8 |
- |
6 |
|
Apr 8-14 |
21/7 |
8 |
25 |
|
Apr 15-21 |
22/2 |
10 |
22 |
|
Apr 22-28 |
44/4 |
14 |
44 |
|
Apr 29-30 |
6/1 |
2 |
6 |
|
APR |
111/22 |
34 |
103 |
|
May 1-7 |
31/3 |
8 |
25 |
|
May 8-14 |
9/2 |
2 |
7 |
|
May 15-21 |
18/6 |
10 |
6 |
|
May 22-28 |
13/1 |
21 |
11 |
|
May 29-31 |
2/1 |
- |
2 |
|
MAY |
73/13 |
41 |
51 |
|
Jun 1-7 |
6/2 |
- |
8 |
|
Jun 8-14 |
12/4 |
1 |
9 |
|
Jun 15-21 |
10/2 |
5 |
2 |
|
Jun 22-28 |
12/6 |
1 |
14 |
|
Jun 29-30 |
- |
- |
- |
|
JUN |
40/14 |
7 |
33 |
|
Jul 1-7 |
7/1 |
6 |
11 |
|
Jul 8-14 |
3 |
- |
2 |
|
Jul 15-21 |
11/2 |
14 |
16 |
|
Jul 22-28 |
18/7 |
9 |
21 |
|
Jul 29-31 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
JUL |
43/6 |
33 |
54 |
|
Aug 1-7 |
9/1 |
6 |
15 |
|
Aug 8-14 |
14 |
2 |
14 |
|
Aug 15-21 |
7/2 |
- |
6 |
|
Aug 22-28 |
23/4 |
14 |
15 |
|
Aug 29-31 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
|
AUG |
57/7/1 |
24 |
54 |
|
Sep 1-7 |
11/1 |
3 |
20 |
|
Sep 8-14 |
5 |
- |
12 |
|
Sep 15-21 |
12 |
4 |
14 |
Violence By Province Sep 15-21, 2022
|
Province |
Violence |
2018 Avg |
2019 Avg |
2020 Avg |
2021 Avg |
2022 Avg |
|
Anbar |
- |
12.6 incidents/ month |
8.6 incidents/ month |
7.0 incidents/ month |
4.6 incidents/ month |
2.75 incidents/month |
|
Babil |
- |
4.0 incidents/month |
3.0 incidents/month |
2.75 incidents/month |
2.5 incidents/month |
1.75 incidents/month |
|
Baghdad |
1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Civilian
1 Shooting |
33.0 incidents/month |
11.6 incidents/month |
7.3 incidents/month |
5.6 incidents/ month |
3.2 incidents/month |
|
Diyala |
3 Incidents 1 Killed 1 Civilian 5 Wounded 2 ISF 3 Civilians
3 Shootings |
34.5 incidents/month |
30.0 incidents/month |
30.6 incidents/month |
23.2 incidents/month |
14.7 incidents/month |
|
Kirkuk |
4 Incidents
2 Shootings 1 IED 1 Mortar |
36.5 incidents/month |
18.6 incidents/month |
13.9 incidents/month |
11.6 incidents/month |
10.1 incidents/month |
|
Ninewa |
3 Incidents 2 Killed 1 Civilian 1 Hashd 9 Wounded 1 Civilian 8 Hashd
2 Shootings 1 IED |
20.0 incidents/month |
14.0 incidents/month |
10.6 incidents/month |
8.4 incidents/month |
6.3 incidents/month |
|
Salahaddin |
1 Incident
1 Shooting |
21.7 incidents/month |
10.6 incidents/month |
11.2 incidents/month |
11.5 incidents/month |
6.2 incidents/month |
SOURCES
Bas News, "IS Targets Iraqi Forces Twice in North of Kirkuk," 9/21/22
NINA, "A Child Injured in an Explosive Device Explosion in Mosul," 9/15/22
- "A Civilian Killed In An Armed Attack West of Mosul," 9/19/22
- "The PMF Thwarts An Attempt to Blow Up One of the Power Transmission Towers on the Baghdad-Kirkuk Road," 9/19/22
- "The Popular Mobilization Forces Repel An ISIS Attack in Dujail, Salah al-Din," 9/22/22
- "The Popular Mobilization kills seven ISIS militants during the Hatra confrontations," 9/18/22
- "The Popular Mobilization responds to a terrorist attack, northeast of Diyala," 9/21/22
- "Two mortar shells fell near the shrine of Imam Zine El Abidine in Daquq district," 9/15/22
- "Two soldiers were wounded in a terrorist attack in the Tabaj basin, northeast of Baquba," 9/18/22
NRT, "IS Militants Blamed For Fatal Attack in Diyala," 9/21/22
Shafaq news, "An ISIS attack kills a person north of Baghdad," 9/16/22
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