Security In Iraq Apr 22-28, 2024

Violence in Iraq during the fourth week of April 2024 was dominated by pro-Iran groups. The Islamic State was inactive once again.

 

On April 26 there was a drone strike on the Khor Mor natural gas field in Sulaymaniya. 4 Yemeni workers were killed and others injured. Work at the facility was halted as a result. No one claimed responsibility but the facility has been attacked before by pro-Iran factions. The last time was in January 2024.

 

Also on April 22 it was reported that during the previous day the Ain Al-Asad airbase in Anbar was hit with a drone while rockets were fired from Zummar in western Ninewa at an American base in eastern Syria.

 

The Iraqi Islamic Resistance said those two incidents were not authorized by the organization. That likely meant Tehran disapproved so the Resistance had to claim it was some rogue groups. The Resistance says it is carrying out attacks because of America’s support for Israel in the Gaza War but it’s really because they want the U.S. out of Iraq. The government has started negotiations on that topic but it will be a very long process which some factions obviously don’t have the patience for. Some have become so restless they’re even attacking Kurdistan even though it means nothing politically at this point.

 

On the other hand, this was the third straight week with no activity by the Islamic State. There have been no attacks by the group for four of the last five weeks and 7 of the 16 weeks this year. The insurgency is disappearing from the country.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Apr 1-7	Apr 8-14	Apr 15-21	Apr 22-28
Anbar	-	-	1 Pro-Iran	1
Israel	2 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	-
Ninewa	1	-	1 Pro-Iran	-
Sulaymaniya	-	-	-	1 Pro-Iran
TOTAL	3/2 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	3 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Apr 1-7	Apr 8-14	Apr 15-21	Apr 22-28
Sulaymaniya				4 Yemenis
TOTAL	-	-	-	4 Yemenis

 

Security In Iraq 2022-23

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
JAN 2022	87/41 Pro-Iran	33	59
FEB	42/14 Pro-Iran	10	29
MAR	46/12/1 Pro-Iran	19	21
APR	111/22 Pro-Iran	34	103
MAY	73/13 Pro-Iran	41	51
JUN	40/14 Pro-Iran	7	33
JUL	43/6 Pro-Iran	33	54
AUG	57/7/1 Pro-Iran	24	54
SEP	41/1/3 M	9	64
OCT	28/2/3 M	17	45
NOV	23	10	28
DEC	33/1 Pro-Iran	42	38
JAN 2023	29/4 Pro-Iran	12	15
Feb 1-7	6/2 Pro-Iran	1	5
Feb 8-14	1	-	2
Feb 15-21	4	4	8
Feb 22-28	9/1 Pro-Iran	7	3
FEB	20/3 Pro-Iran	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 Pro-Iran	-	-
JUL	11/2 Pro-Iran	2	4
Aug 1-7	4	-	4
Aug 8-14	2	1	3
Aug 15-21	2	-	5
Aug 22-28	2	-	2
Aug 29-31	3/1 Pro-Iran	1	9
AUG	13/1 Pro-Iran	2	23
Sep 1-7	1	-	1
Sep 8-14	1	1	-
Sep 15-21	2	-	4
Sep 22-28	1	1	1
Sep 29-30	-	-	-
SEP	5	2	6
Oct 1-7	-	-	-
Oct 8-14	-	-	-
Oct 15-21	7 Pro-Iran	-	-
Oct 22-28	7/5 Pro-Iran	-	8
Oct 29-31	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
OCT	17/15 Pro-Iran	-	8
Nov 1-7	11/9	4	2
Nov 8-14	12/10	-	3
Nov 15-21	6 Pro-Iran	-	8 Amer
Nov 22-28	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 29-30	2	11	16
NOV	35/29 Pro-Iran	15	29
Dec 1-7	10/8 Pro-Iran	1	9
Dec 8-14	8/6 Pro-Iran	-	2
Dec 15-21	6/2 Pro-Iran	1	2
Dec 22-28	7/6 Pro-Iran	-	3 US
Dec 29-31	4 Pro-Iran
DEC	35/26 Pro-Iran	2K	16W
Jan 1-7	10/6 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	5	9
Jan 8-14	7/3 Pro-Iran	3	3
Jan 15-21	10/6 Pro-Iran	6	6
Jan 22-28	11/10 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 29-31	3 Pro-Ira	-	-
JAN	42/28 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	14	20
Feb 1-7	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Feb 8-14	-	-	-
Feb 15-21	-	-	-
Feb 22-29	1	-	-
FEB	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 1-7	4/2 Pro-Iran	1	4
Mar 8-14	8/1 Pro-Iran	4	8
Mar 15-21	2	-	2
Mar 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 29-31	2/1Pro-iran	1	1
MAR	18/6 Pro-Iran	6	15
Apr 1-7	3/2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 8-14	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 15-21	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 22-28	1 Pro-Iran	4	-

 

SOURCES

 

Aldroubi, Mina, “Iran-backed Iraqi militias resume attacks on US forces,” The Naitonal, 4/22/24

 

Al-Alawi, Hadya, Harisi, Mohamad Ali, Mahmoud, Sinan, “Iraq truce still holding despite attacks on US forces, sources say,” The National, 4/23/24

 

The National, "Iraqi Kurdish authorities working to resume Khor Mor gas supply after deadly attack," 4/27/24

 

Reuters, "US forces in Iraq, Syria attacked twice in under 24 hours," 4/22/24