Monday, February 3, 2025

No Islamic State Attacks In Iraq In Jan 2025


 

The Insurgency for all intense and purposes has died in Iraq. At the start of the year there were no attacks by the Islamic State in the country.

 

There were 4 security incidents involving the insurgency but none of them were attacks.

 

In Baghdad a security operation by the army came across a group of militants leading to a shootout that killed 4 soldiers. During the same sweep an ammunition dump exploded leading to the deaths of 4 more soldiers and 5 others were wounded.

 

In Ninewa an old IED went off leaving one civilian dead. In Salahaddin the same thing happened leaving 3 injured civilians.

 

The last time the Islamic State carried out an actual operation was in November 2024.

 

The past few years has seen the complete collapse of the group in the country. In 2022 there were 483 incidents for an average of 40.2 per month. That was down more than 2/3 in 2023 when there were just 134 incidents for an average of 11.1 per month. That trend continued into 2024 when there were only 62 incidents for an average of 5.1 per month. 22 of those incidents last year were not actual attacks but old ordinance exploding and the result of clashes during government operations.

 

The fall of Assad in Syria has Baghdad worried that the Islamic State will take advantage of the situation and be able to rebuild and move back into Iraq. That will be very difficult as the group has little of its leadership left in the country, hasn’t been able to rebuild its networks and most importantly has little popular support. The costs of backing the insurgency far outweigh the benefits as both the central and regional governments carried out sectarian cleansing of Sunnis across central and northern Iraq during the war. There are areas that were completely emptied of Sunnis and they have never been able to return. Insurgent activity is more likely to lead to people to flee rather than stay and provide a base which was a major reason why the group failed to rebuild after its defeat.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province

Jan 1-7

Jan 8-14

Jan 15-21

Jan 22-28

Jan 29-31

Totals

Baghdad

-

-

2

-

-

2

Ninewa

1

-

-

-

-

1

Salahaddin

-

1

-

-

-

1

Totals

1

1

2

-

-

4

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province

Jan 1-7

Jan 8-14

Jan 15-21

Jan 22-28

Jan 29-31

Totals

Baghdad

-

-

13 (8K, 5W)

-

-

13 (8K, 5W)

Ninewa

1 (1K)

-

-

-

-

1 (1K)

Salahaddin

-

3 (3W)

-

-

-

3 (3W)

Totals

1 (1K)

3 (3W)

13 (8K, 5W)

-

-

17 (9K, 8W)

 

Security In Iraq 2022-23

Week

Security

Incidents

(Total/By IS)

Dead

(Total/By IS)

Wounded

(Total/By IS)

JAN 2023

29/4 Pro-Iran

12

15

FEB

20/3 Pro-Iran

12

18

MAR

9

18

8

APR

16

6

8

MAY

15

8

14

JUN

10

10

10

JUL

11/2 Pro-Iran

2

4

AUG

13/1 Pro-Iran

2

23

SEP

5

2

6

OCT

17/15 Pro-Iran

-

8

NOV

35/29 Pro-Iran

15

29 (8 Amer)

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 2024

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

-

Oct 22-28

17 Pro-Iran

-

2 US Soldiers

Oct 29-31

6 Pro-Iran

-

-

OCT

70/66 Pro-Iran

7

14 (2US Soldiers)

Nov 1-7

18 Pro-Iran

-

-

Nov 8-14

19 Pro-Iran

-

-

Nov 15-21

10/9 Pro-Iran

3

3

Nov 22-28

2 Pro-Iran

-

-

Nov 29-30

-

-

-

NOV

49/48 Pro-Iran

3

3

Dec 1-7

-

-

-

Dec 8-14

1

2

2

Dec 15-21

-

-

-

Dec 22-28

2

6

2

Dec 29-31

2

2

3

DEC

5

10

7

Jan 1-5

1

1

-

Jan 8-14

1

-

3

Jan 15-21

2

8

5

Jan 22-28

-

-

-

Jan 29-31

-

-

-

JAN

4

9

8

 

SOURCES

 

Bas News, "Four Iraqi Troops Killed in Clashes with IS Near Baghdad," 1/21/25

 

Al Rafidain, "3 children injured in explosion of war remnants in Baiji, north of Salahaddin Governorate," 1/11/25

 

Shafaq News, "Shepherd killed in bomb explosion west of Mosul," 1/6/25

 

Al Sumaria,"9 members killed and injured in explosion of ISIS ammunition cache north of Baghdad," 1/21/25

 

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