Violence Continues To Drop In Iraq In Jun 2023

For the second month violence has dropped in Iraq. There were just 10 security incidents reported in June 2023. That was the second lowest monthly total since 2003. The lowest was in March when there were only 9 incidents. This is the latest sign that the Islamic State is near dormant in the country.

 

June’s incidents took place in Diyala (1), Kirkuk (4), Ninewa (1), and Salahaddin (4).

 

They left 10 dead and 10 wounded. 1 civilian and 9 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) were killed and 10 ISF were injured. Kirkuk had the most casualties with 13 followed by 5 in Salahaddin and 1 each in Diyala and Ninewa.

 

Diyala used to be the center of the insurgency in Iraq with the most violence each week. In June there was only one incident when IS shot at some ISF on the road to Baghdad leaving 1 ISF wounded.

 

Attacks in Kirkuk and Ninewa have gone up and down each month. There were four incidents in Kirkuk all aimed at the ISF. One was an attack in the Dibs district in the northwest that left 3 ISF dead. A shepherd was killed in the Baaj district along the Syrian border in Ninewa.

 

Salahaddin saw a steady decline in incidents since November but they went back up in June.

 

All of the incidents were in the rural areas of Iraq. The Islamic State is in such a weak state they can only operate in areas where there are few people and little government presence. It’s main concern is securing its areas which accounts for there being hardly any offensive operations each month. It can continue on in these places for years but at the same time they have no impact upon the country anymore.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7	Jun 8-14	Jun 15-21	Jun 22-28	Jun 29-30	Totals
Diyala	-	-	-	1	-	1
Kirkuk	-	2	1	1	-	4
Ninewa	-	1	-	-	-	1
Salahaddin	-	1	1	2	-	4
TOTAL	-	4	2	4	-	10

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Jun 1-7	Jun 8-14	Jun 15-21	Jun 22-28	Jun 29-30	Totals
Diyala	-	-	-	1 (1W)	-	1 (1w)
Kirkuk	-	10 (6K, 4W)	1 (1W)	2 (1K, 1W)	-	13 (7K, 6W)
Ninewa	-	1 (1K)	-	-	-	1 (1K)
Salahaddin	-	-	2 (1K, 1W)	3 (1K, 2W)	-	5 (2K, 3W)
TOTAL	-	11 (7K, 4W)	3 (2K, 1W)	6 (2K, 4W)	-	20 (10K, 10W)

 

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
Apr 8-14	4	-	1
Apr 15-21	5	3	-
Apr 22-28	2	1	-
Apr 29-30	1	1	-
APR	16	6	8
May 1-7	2	1	1
May 8-14	6	4	3
May 15-21	3	2	6
May 22-28	3	1	3
May 29-31	2	-	3
MAY	15	8	14
Jun 1-7	-	-	-
Jun 8-14	4	7	4
Jun 15-21	2	1	2
Jun 22-28	4	2	4
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	10	10	10

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "A security element injured in an armed attack in Diyala," 6/28/23

- "A Shepherd killed by unknown gunmen west of Mosul," 6/10/23

 

Shafaq News, "Two Iraqi officers and a soldier are victims in a new toll of the ISIS attack in Kirkuk," 6/10/23