The start of March was another reminder that the Islamic State is in its death throes in Iraq. It remains barely active in the country.
From March 1-7 there were 3 incidents by the Islamic State. That compared to 8 the last week of February. Since the start of the year 8 of 9 weeks have seen security incidents in single digits. That continues the trend started in 2022 when the majority of weeks had less than 10 attacks.
The week’s incidents took place in Diyala (2) and Salahaddin (1) and left 10 dead and 4 wounded. 1 Hashd al-Shaabi and 9 civilians were killed and 1 Hashd and 3 civilians were injured. There were 12 casualties in Diyala and 2 in Salahaddin.
Diyala witnessed the biggest incident of the week when the Islamic State attacked a village in the Muqdadiya district in the center of the province. It shot up a house and then set off an IED as people approached. In total 8 people were killed and 3 wounded. Another person was assassinated in Khalis in the north.
In Salahaddin a Hashd patrol was hit with an IED that killed one and left another wounded.
As usual all three IS incidents were in rural areas of the country. Those are the only areas the insurgency operates in these days because there were few people there and little government presence.
Security Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province |
Mar 1-7 |
|
Diyala |
2 |
|
Salahaddin |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
3 |
Casualties In Iraq By Province
|
Province |
Mar 1-7 |
|
Diyala |
12 (9K, 3W) |
|
Salahaddin |
2 (1K, 1W) |
|
TOTAL |
14 (10K, 4W) |
Security In Iraq 2022-23
|
Week |
Security Incidents (Total/By IS) |
Dead (Total/By IS) |
Wounded (Total/By IS) |
|
Jan 1-7 |
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 |
|
Sep 22-28 |
10/2 M |
2 |
16 |
|
Sep 29-30 |
3/1 M |
- |
2 |
|
SEP |
41/1/3 M |
9 |
64 |
|
Oct 1-7 |
9/2 M |
6 |
16 |
|
Oct 8-14 |
8/2/1 M |
5 |
19 |
|
Oct 15-21 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
|
Oct 22-28 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Oct 29-31 |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
OCT |
28/2/3 M |
17 |
45 |
|
Nov 1-7 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
|
Nov 8-14 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
|
Nov 15-21 |
8 |
7 |
17 |
|
Nov 22-28 |
2 |
1 |
- |
|
Nov 29-30 |
- |
- |
- |
|
NOV |
23 |
10 |
28 |
|
Dec 1-7 |
13/1 |
6 |
11 |
|
Dec 8-14 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
Dec 15-21 |
6 |
29 |
15 |
|
Dec 22-28 |
6 |
- |
4 |
|
Dec 29-31 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
DEC |
33/1 |
42 |
38 |
|
Jan 1-7 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
|
Jan 8-14 |
6/1 |
5 |
2 |
|
Jan 15-21 |
11/1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Jan 22-28 |
5/2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Jan 29-31 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
JAN |
29/4 |
12 |
15 |
|
Feb 1-7 |
6/2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Feb 8-14 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
Feb 15-21 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
Feb 22-28 |
9/1 |
7 |
3 |
|
FEB |
20/3 |
12 |
18 |
|
Mar 1-7 |
32 |
10 |
4 |
Violence By Province Mar 1-7, 2023
|
Province |
Violence |
2018 Avg |
2019 Avg |
2020 Avg |
2021 Avg |
2022 Avg |
2023 Avg |
|
Anbar |
- |
12.6 incidents/ month |
8.6 incidents/ month |
7.0 incidents/ month |
4.6 incidents/ month |
2.0 incidents/month |
1.0 Incidents/month |
|
Babil |
- |
4.0 incidents/month |
3.0 incidents/month |
2.7 incidents/month |
2.5 incidents/month |
2.0 incidents/month |
0.5 Incidents/month |
|
Baghdad |
- |
33.0 incidents/month |
11.6 incidents/month |
7.3 incidents/month |
5.6 incidents/ month |
3.5 incidents/month |
5 Incidents/month |
|
Diyala |
2 Incidents 9 Killed 9 Civilians 3 Wounded 3 Civilians
2 Shootings 1 IED |
38.6 incidents/month |
30.0 incidents/month |
30.6 incidents/month |
22.8 incidents/month |
12.2 incidents/month |
6 Incidents/month |
|
Kirkuk |
- |
36.5 incidents/month |
18.6 incidents/month |
13.9 incidents/month |
11.6 incidents/month |
8.2 incidents/month |
1.5 Incidents/month |
|
Ninewa |
- |
20.0 incidents/month |
13.2 incidents/month |
10.6 incidents/month |
8.4 incidents/month |
6.0 incidents/month |
4 Incidents/month |
|
Salahaddin |
1 Incident 1 Killed 1 Hashd 1 Wounded 1 Hashd
1 IED |
21.7 incidents/month |
10.6 incidents/month |
11.2 incidents/month |
11.5 incidents/month |
5.5 incidents/month |
2.5 Incidents/month |
|
IRAQ |
- |
166.6 incidents/month |
95.5 incidents/month |
85.5 incidents/month |
69.9 incidents/month |
40.2 incidents/month |
21 Incidents/month |
SOURCES
NINA, "The assassination of a civilian in Al-Khalis, in Diyala," 3/3/23
- "A fighter of the Popular Mobilization Forces killed when an explosive device exploded in Amerli Operation Sector," 3/7/23
Shafaq News, "The death toll from the Al-Muqdadiya attack rose to 11 victims and injured," 3/7/23
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