iMMAP - IHF Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News (26 DEC 2019 - 01 JAN 2020)

125 115 132 12 6 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES

Iraqi Military Forces 30/DEC/2019 NINEWA GOVERNORATE Directed mortar shells at Saabiat and Albu-Faraj areas in the border between Diyala and Salah Al-Din. Iraqi Military Forces 28/DEC/2019 Carried out an airstrike operation south of the city, killing six ISIS members. ISIS 31/DEC/2019 Attacked a security post and killed a soldier in the Mandali subdistrict. Coalition Forces 29/DEC/2019 Launched an airstrike and destroyed a den full of explosives in the Askhariyat area. ISIS 31/DEC/2019 Attacked a military security point and killed a soldier in the vicinity of Hawdh Al-Nada east An Armed Group 30/DEC/2019 of district. Two civilians were injured when an explosive device exploded on a convoy of local Police Forces in Wana subdistrict, northeast of . ISIS 31/DEC/2019 Opened fire toward a Police officer killing him instantly in the center of Al-Khalis Security Forces 31/DEC/2019 subdistrict, north of Baqubah district. Found a mass grave of 30 bodies most of them affiliated with Federal Police Forces in Al-Hader area 90km south of mousel. Security Forces 31/DEC/2019 Bombarded ISIS dens with mortar shells in Al-Mukhisa groves northeast of Baqubah. Coalition Forces 31/DEC/2019 Launched an airstrike near the Jabal Al-Manayef area in the vicinity of the Baaj district, killing four ISIS members. GOVERNORATE SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 26/DEC/2019 Set up a fake check point near the Gypsum factory between Kirkuk and Security Forces 29/DEC/2019 Governorate, killing at least four civilians. Found four caches containing communications devices, food and clothes, and destroyed two tunnels with two explosive devices inside, and killed five suicide bombers who were An Armed Group 26/DEC/2019 inside one of the Tunnels in the west of Tharthar Valley, near the Al-Sirt Village. Opened fire on a civilian car killng one, and injuring two others on Al-Alam road.

ISIS 29/DEC/2019 An Armed Group 27/DEC/2019 A suicide bomber detonated himself, injuring an officer and three other members of Four Katyusha rockets were directed at K1 base, killing an American contractor and Security Forces in Al-Sirt village. injuring several soldiers.

Security Forces 29/DEC/2019 Iraqi Military Force 29/DEC/2019 Found a bomb factory west Thar-Thar valley near Manawr Al-Shamri village. Launched an airstrike and destroyed two vehicles southwest of Kirkuk.

ISIS 01/JAN/2020 Security Forces 30/DEC/2019 Killed a Sheikh in district. An IED exploded during security forces search operations, injuring a commander in Al-Zarka village. An Armed Group 27/DEC/2019 Opened fire at a civilian riding a motorcycle killing him instantly within Abu-Ghraib district ANBAR GOVERNORATE west of the capital. Military Intelligence 28/DEC/2019 An Armed Group 27/DEC/2019 Seized a cache of explosive devices belonging to ISIS containing 23 60mm mortar shells, Injured a civilian by a gunshot in Al-Washash area west of the capital. two 120mm mortar shells, 15 mortar valves, four rocket launchers, four IED rulers, a gallon of C4 and 2kg of explosive paste, in Aljarin area in the Heet district. United States Embassy 29/DEC/2019 Fired a tear gas at the demonstrates in front of the embassy in Green Zone center of the United States Air Force 29/DEC/2019 Capital. Launched an airstrike on the Popular Mobilization Forces Headuarters in Albu-Kamal district, the attack resulted in the death of 25 personnel and 51 injuries. Uncategorized Armed Group 29/DEC/2019 Targeted four missiles at a base in north of Baghdad. Security Forces 29/DEC/2019 Received intel from the Federal Police Forces about explosive devices belonging to ISIS United States Embassy 01/JAN/2020 remnants in Al-Kabisa subdistrict in Heet city and seized six EFP landmines, four Opened fire and directed tear gas at the demonstrates and injured 62 of them. homemade IEDs, 16 plate IEDs, four missile launchers, 72 mortar shells of 82mm caliber, 104 warheads, five Katyusha rockets, two 120mm cannon launchers and two 60 liter gallon of explosives. Uncategorized Armed Group 30/DEC/2019 An Armed Group 27/DEC/2019 An IED exploded and killed five students in the Al-Naamia area south of . Opened fire on a civilian in front of his house, killing him instantly in Miqdadiya district northeast of Diyala. Uncategorized Armed Group 27/DEC/2019 A security agent was assassinated by an explosive device that was attached to his car in GOVERNORATE Al-Sada neighborhood, north of Baqubah, in the center of the province. Military Intelligence 28/DEC/2019 Security Forces 30/DEC/2019 Raided a hideout in Al-Nasr village in and seized 938 IED rulers and 276 IEDs. The explosive materials were dealt with properly with no damage. Found three Katyusha rockets in Shekhi groves in the Abi Saida district.

People Killed & Injured Per Governorate People Killed & Injured Per Incident Type

Killed Killed 80 80 73 70 Injured 70 Injured

60 58 60 51 49 51 50 41 40 40 30 30

15 20 20 10 10 8 6 5 4 5 6 10 0 2 0 0 0 Diyala Kirkuk Salah Al-Din Ninewa Anbar Baghdad Attack/Direct/Clashes Bomb Attack Crime Air Strike Disclaimer: All information is the best available from various sources including public, national, and international sources, and has been cross-checked by iMMAP as best as possible. iMMAP accepts no responsibility for the use of this information. The source of administrative boundaries: UNOCHA - October 2015. Publication Date:05 JAN 2020 - For more information contact: @immap.org Copyright © iMMAP,IHF Humanitarian Access Response - 2019. All rights reserved.This report is related to iMMAP-IHF project: Multi-Dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management Center for Humanitarian Access Response.