Iraq Security Weekly Roundup, week 5

Islamist militants led by the Islamic State (IS) organisation continue to battle with the federal and Kurdish security forces in several parts of the central and northern region.

Violence remains most pronounced in Anbar, Salah ad-Din and Ninawa provinces. Conditions have eased in Babil and Diyala provinces although incidents continue to take place on a regular basis in both.

Baghdad also continues to see daily attacks, although last week the authorities relaxed the night-time curfew imposed on the city since 2004.

Last week a total of 24 non-suicide bomb attacks left 29 people dead and 69 injured. Five additional suicide bombings left 32 people dead and 84 injured.

Small arms attacks left 29 people dead and 39 injured, including members of the security forces shot during clashes with militants.

Indirect fire incidents (rockets, mortars and military artillery shelling) left 20 people dead and 68 injured, especially around Fallujah.

At least 128 people were publicly executed by militants or murdered only to have their bodies later recovered by the authorities.

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Source: AKE 

Iraq Security weekly roundup, week 4

 Islamic State (IS) militants continue to fight the federal and Kurdish security forces in several parts of the central and northern region.

Last week saw a notable rise in violence in Ta'mim province and a concurrent decline in violence in the neighbouring province of Salah ad-Din, with IS militants evidently turning their attention towards the Kurdish forces protecting the oil-rich and culturally sensitive city of Kirkuk.

Anbar province also saw very heavy fighting, as did the outskirts of Mosul, Baghdad and even western Diyala province, despite recent military gains reported from the area.

The southern region was relatively quiet.

Countrywide a total of 24 non-suicide bomb attacks left 69 people dead and 42 injured. Six additional suicide bombings left 24 people dead and 41 injured. This constitutes a rise in bomb-related casualties over the past week.

Indirect fire incidents (rockets, mortars and military artillery shelling) left 47 people dead and 93 injured – a very high figure.

Small arms attacks left 19 people dead and 41 injured, including members of the security forces shot during clashes with militants.

At least 193 people were publicly executed by militants or murdered only to have their bodies later recovered by the authorities – an extremely high figure.

*The poor reporting climate makes it very difficult to verify the full extent of current casualties and violence.

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Source: AKE