Sunday, April 9, 2023

Security In Iraq Apr 1-7, 2023


It’s still Ramadan and the Islamic State has not launched its annual offensive yet. Incidents remained in single digits during the first week of April showing no real change in insurgent activity.

 

From April 1-7 there were 5 security incidents reported in Iraq. Those took place in Kirkuk (3), Ninewa (1), and Salahaddin (1). This is the 10th straight week incidents have been in single digits. 12 of the 13 weeks in 2023 incidents have been in single digits as well. This continues the trend that started in 2022.

 

There were 8 casualties during the week. 1 Hashd al-Shaabi was killed in Kirkuk and 7 were wounded made up of 3 Hashd and 4 civilians. Kirkuk had the most casualties with 4 and there were 2 each in Ninewa and Salahaddin.

 

In Kirkuk, an IED targeted a police vehicle and there were two attacks upon the Hashd that left a total of 1 Hashd dead and 3 wounded. Those were likely meant to keep the Hashd out of IS areas.

 

In Ninewa an old IED went off that wounded 2. That meant there were only 4 actual attacks by the Islamic State during the week.

 

Finally and IED wounded 2 in southern Salahaddin.

 

Out of the 4 actual attacks during the start of April none were offensive in nature. All took place in rural areas of the country as well. This is another sign of how isolated IS is and how little it currently impacts Iraq.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province

Apr 1-7

Kirkuk

3

Ninewa

1

Salahaddin

1

TOTAL

5

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province

Apr 1-7

Kirkuk

4 (1K, 3W)

Ninewa

2 (2W)

Salahaddin

2 (2W)

TOTAL

8 (1K, 7W)

 

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

3

10

4

Mar 8-14

2

2

1

Mar 15-21

2

1

3

Mar 22-28

1

2

-

Mar 29-31

1

3

-

MAR

9

18

8

Apr 1-7

5

1

7

 

Violence By Province Apr 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

0.6 Incidents/month

Babil

-

4.0 incidents/month

3.0 incidents/month

2.7 incidents/month

2.5 incidents/month

2.0 incidents/month

0.3 Incidents/month

Baghdad

-

33.0 incidents/month

11.6 incidents/month

7.3 incidents/month

5.6 incidents/ month

3.5 incidents/month

3.6 Incidents/month

Diyala

-

38.6 incidents/month

30.0 incidents/month

30.6 incidents/month

22.8 incidents/month

12.2 incidents/month

5.3 Incidents/month

Kirkuk

3 Incidents

1 Killed

1 Hashd

3 Wounded

3 Hashd

 

2 Shootings

1 IED

36.5 incidents/month

18.6 incidents/month

13.9 incidents/month

11.6 incidents/month

8.2 incidents/month

1.3 Incidents/month

Ninewa

1 Incident

2 Wounded

2 Civilians

 

1 IED

20.0 incidents/month

13.2 incidents/month

10.6 incidents/month

8.4 incidents/month

6.0 incidents/month

3 Incidents/month

Salahaddin

1 Incident

2 Wounded

2 Civilians

 

1 IED

21.7 incidents/month

10.6 incidents/month

11.2 incidents/month

11.5 incidents/month

5.5 incidents/month

2.3 Incidents/month

IRAQ

5 Incidents

1 Killed

1 Hashd

7 Wounded

3 Hashd

4 Civilians

 

2 Shootings

3 IEDs

166.6 incidents/month

95.5 incidents/month

85.5 incidents/month

69.9 incidents/month

40.2 incidents/month

17 Incidents/month

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "2 Civilians Wounded In An IED Explosion Southeast Of Mosul," 4/4/23

- "An explosive device targeting a vehicle to Rescue Police in Kirkuk, without any injuries," 4/3/23

- "A Fighter Killed And Another Wounded From The PMF By An ISIS Attack In Kirkuk," 4/5/23

- "The PMF Thwarts An Attack To The Remnants Of The Terrorist ISIS, Southwest Of Kirkuk," 4/5/23

 

Al Sumaria, "Two people were wounded by an explosive device in Salahaddin," 4/7/23

 

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