Security In Iraq May 22-28, 2024

The Islamic State made a return to Iraq during the last week of May. Pro-Iran groups continued attacks upon Israel during the Gaza War.

 

After being largely inactive for weeks the Islamic State was responsible for 4 security incidents in Iraq from May 22-28. In Anbar the Iraqi forces set up an ambush for some insurgents that led to a gun battle that killed 1 member of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and wounded another. In Diyala an IED exploded near a checkpoint. When the security forces arrived to investigate they were hit with a second bomb. In total 2 Hashd al-Shaabi were killed, another injured along with 1 civilian and 5 soldiers. Finally, in Salahaddin there were further bombings in Tuz Kharmato and Baiji that left 2 soldiers and 6 civilians dead and 4 soldiers wounded.

 

That last time there were 4 or more incidents by the insurgents was back in March when there were 7 incidents the second week of the month. The 23 casualties were the most since the third week of December 2022.

 

The Iraqi Islamic Resistance claimed two more attacks upon Israel with cruise missiles and drones. So far in May there have been 19 such incidents. With the ceasefire still in place with the US in Iraq pro-Iran groups have been focusing upon Israel.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	May 1-7	May 8-14	May 15-21	May 22-28
Anbar	-	-	-	1
Diyala	-	-	-	1
Israel	3 Pro-Iran	5 Pro-Iran	9 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran
Kirkuk	-	-	1	-
Salahaddin	-	1	1	2
TOTAL	3 Pro-Iran	6/5 Pro-Iran	11/9 Pro-Iran	6/2 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	May 1-7	May 8-14	May 15-21	May 22-28
Anbar	-	-	-	2 (1K, 1W)
Diyala	-	-	-	9 (2K, 7W)
Kirkuk	-	-	3 (1K, 2W)	-
Salahaddin	-	10 (5K, 5W)	4 (4W)	12 (8K, 4W)
TOTAL	-	10 (5K, 5W)	7 (1K, 6W)	23 (11K, 12W)

 

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	-
Apr 29-30	1	2	-
APR	9/7 Pro-Iran	6	-
May 1-7	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
May 8-14	6/5 Pro-Iran	5	5
May 15-21	11/9 Pro-Iran	1	6
May 22-28	6/2 Pro-Iran	11	12

 

SOURCES

 

Shafaq News, "A double explosion kills two members of the Awakening and wounds 5 members of the army in Diyala," 5/26/24

- "The Iraqi Resistance bombs Israel with two drones," 5/23/24

- "Two terrorists were killed, one of them a suicide bomber, a securit personnel was killed, and another was injured in Anbar," 5/22/24

- "With upgraded cruise missiles and drones … the Iraqi resistance announces the bombing of Israeli targets," 5/23/24

 

Xinhua, "1 policeman, 2 IS militants killed in clash in W. Iraq," 5/23/24

- "6 family members killed in bomb attack in Iraq," 5/23/24