Violence In Iraq Continues To Decline For 3rd Month

July was the third month that activity by the Islamic State declined in Iraq. The group is barely operating in the country anymore. On the other hand, the consensus amongst the factions within the ruling Coordination Framework broke down and there were two attacks on U.S. targets during the month.

 

Diwaniya saw two bombings of convoys working for the United States by pro-Iran groups. The last time any of the factions carried out an attack was February. They ceased after the Sudani government was formed and they gained leading positions within the administration. Their consolidation of control was more important but the United States has returned as a topic in Iraqi politics. The U.S. was blamed for power outages in the country which were actually the fault of Iran and the dinar continues to be negatively affected by America’s crackdown on Iraq’s banking system which is manipulated by the elite, Iran, Syria and others to launder money, avoid sanctions and make a profit. It will be interesting to see if this escalates especially because elections are coming up and parties will seek to exploit this issue or whether this is just a short term problem.

 

The Islamic State on the other hand saw another month of declining attacks. At the start of the year in January the group was able to carry out 25 incidents, the most of 2023. It then dropped with 16 in April, 15 in May, 10 in June and 9 in July. Every week but one during the year has seen single digit incidents. IS is no longer an effective insurgency. It is solely focused upon surviving and is barely able to carry out any offensive operations.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Jul 1-7	Jul 8-14	Jul 15-21	Jul 22-28	Jul 29-31	Totals
Anbar	-	-	1	-	-	1
Babil	-	1	1	-	-	2
Diwaniya	-	-	-	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran
Diyala	-	1	-	1	-	2
Kirkuk	1	1	-	-	-	2
Salahaddin	-	-	-	-	2	2
TOTAL	1	3	2	1	3	11/2 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Jul 1-7	Jul 8-14	Jul 15-21	Jul 22-28	Jul 29-31	Totals
Anbar	-	-	1 (1W)	-	-	1 (1W)
Babil	-	1 (1K)		-	-	1 (1K)
Diyala	-	1 (1W)		2 (2W)	-	3 (3W)
Kirkuk	-	1 (1K)		-	-	1 (1K)
Ninewa	-	-		-	-	-
Salahaddin	-	-		-	-	-
TOTAL	-	3 (2K, 1W)	1 (1W)	2 (2W)	-	6 (2K, 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	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
Jul 1-7	1	-	-
Jul 8-14	3	2	1
Jul 15-21	2	-	1
Jul 22-28	2	-	2
Jul 29-31	3/2	-	-
JUL	11/2	2	4

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "A Convoy Of Logistical Support For The Int'l Coalition Targeted With An IED In Diwaniyah," 7/31/23

- "A Convoy Of Logistical Support For The Int'l Coalition Targeted With In Diwaniiyah," 7/27/23