Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Security In Iraq Oct 15-21, 2024


The Islamic State was inactive for another week in Iraq while the Iraqi Islamic Resistance made sporadic attacks upon Israel.

 

There was one incident during the third week of October involving the Islamic State. During a security sweep in Kirkuk a joint-Iraqi-KRG unit came across a group of insurgents. That led to gunfire and one Asayesh was killed.

 

Starting in September the group attempted a comeback being active for three weeks straight. That petered out afterwards marking another sign that the insurgency is dead in Iraq.

 

It appears that the warnings from the Sudani government and Iran to the Islamic Resistance had a slight affect during the week. Rather than carrying out attacks every day versus Israel there were operations 5 out of 7 days with a total of 8 drone strikes.

 

Baghdad and Tehran are both afraid of Israeli retaliation and there have been talks for weeks with the Resistance to take a step back. The factions have largely been unresponsive and only increased its threats.


 

Since Israel moved against Hezbollah the Iraqi Resistance has picked up its operations against Israel. There were just 6 attacks in August. That jumped to 30 in September the most since the start of the Gaza War. That has been topped by 43 incidents so far in October.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province

Oct 1-7

Oct 8-14

Oct 15-21

Baghdad

1 Pro-Iran

-

-

Diyala

1

-

-

Israel

17 Pro-Iran

17 Pro-Iran

8 Pro-Iran

Kirkuk

2

-

1

TOTAL

21/18 Pro-Iran

17 Pro-Iran

9/8 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province

Oct 1-7

Oct 8-14

Oct 15-21

Diyala

3 (2K, 1W)

-

-

Kirkuk

17 (4K, 13W)

-

1 (1K)

TOTAL

20 (6K, 14W)

-

1 (1K)

 

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 (8 Amer)

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

May 29-31

1 Pro-Iran

-

-

MAY

27/20 Pro-Iran

18

22

Jun 1-7

4 Pro-Iran

-

-

Jun 8-14

2 Pro-Iran

-

-

Jun 15-21

2/1 Pro-Iran

1

-

Jun 22-28

5 Pro-Iran

-

-

Jun 29-31

1 Pro-Iran

-

-

JUN

14/13 Pro-Iran

1

-

Jul 1-7

2 Pro-Iran

-

-

Jul 8-14

4

10

4

Jul 15-21

4 Pro-Iran

-

-

Jan 22-28

2 Pro-Iran

-

-

Jul 29-31

-

-

-

JUL

12/8 Pro-Iran

10

4

Aug 1-7

3/2Pro-Iran

-

10 (5 Amer)

Aug 8-14

2

2

-

Aug 15-21

2/1 Pro-Iran

-

2

Aug 22-28

2 Pro-Iran

-

-

Aug 29-31

4/1 Pro-Iran

4

8 (7 Amer)

AUG

13/6 Pro-Iran

6

20 (14 Amer)

Sep 1-7

3/1 Pro-Iran

5

4

Sep 8-14

3/1 Pro-Iran

4

5

Sep 15-21

5/2 Pro-Iran

-

7

Sep 22-28

18 Pro-Iran

-

-

Sep 29-30

8 Pro-Iran

-

-

SEP

37/30 Pro-Iran

9

16

Oct 1-7

21/18 Pro-Iran

6

14

Oct 8-14

17 Pro-Iran

-

-

Oct 15-21

9/8 Pro-Iran

1

-

 

SOURCES

 

NINA, "The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces attacking a "vital target" in northern Israel," 10/16/24

- ""The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces targeting a "military target" in northern Israel with a drone," 10/19/24

- "Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacks a vital target in Eilat with drones," 10/17/24

 

Rudaw, "One Asayish killed in Kurdish-Iraq joint anti-ISIS operation in Kirkuk," 10/18/24

 

Xinhua, "Iraqi militia claims 4 drone attacks on Israeli targets," 10/20/24

- "Iraqi militia claims drone attack on Israeli target," 10/22/24

 

 

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