October 2018

iMMAP-IHF, HUMANITARIAN ACCESS RESPONSE MONTHLY SECURITY INCIDENTS SITUATION REPORT

OCTOBER 2018

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Publication Date: 5 November 2018 - For More information contact: iraq@immap.org Copyright © iMMAP, IHF Humanitarian Access Response - IHF project - 2018. All rights reserved. 1 - Security Incidents Overview 1 - SECURITY INCIDENTS OVERVIEW Although fights against ISIS ended and official victory was announced on 10th December 2017 but sporadic attacks by pockets of ISIS in the liberated areas still persist and the security situations have caused the slow pace of reconstruction and the return of the IDPs. While life phenomena have revived in most of the liberated areas but lack of services, swath of infrastructure destruction particularly in the western side of Mosul city and existence of residual explosive hazards paralyzed the development and IDPs’ return.

The number of IDPs as per the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix DTM dashboard from Jan 2014 up to October 15th, 2018 is 1,879,938 with 4,090,242 number of returnees. The returnees’ direction is towards the liberated areas with the majority wave is towards Ninewa governorate.

While 8.7 M people are in need as per the OCHA source, but the residents are most cautiously optimistic about the future of their war-torn city. Countless numbers of improvised explosive devices, mines and unexploded ordnance are also a main risk as they return home. Reports from iMMAP’s Mobile Data Collection enumerators in the field still show that a large scale of infrastructure is damaged and explosive hazards are left both on the primary and secondary roads and under the rubbish of ruined buildings affected by the operations.

Delivering lifesaving assistances such as protection, food, healthcare, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene to those in need and affected by the repeated conflicts still constitute the major and most intricate humanitarian operations in the area amid the volatile and strained security situation and inaccessibility to some other areas.

While a majority of households have started to return to their areas of origin, figures from DTM still show that around 2 million people still remain internally displaced and secondary displacements continue to occur and protection remained a priority throughout the year with social, ethnic and political tensions. iMMAP-IHF Multi-Dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management Center continues to rapidly assess the contamination and residual of explosive hazards in the areas affected by the conflict for the expedited response both by the protection actors and government authorities and provide systematic mainstreaming of cross-cutting and strategically information management support to the humanitarian partners for delivering prioritized assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by the military operations.

This situation report outlines dynamic, crucial and exhaustive data on security incidents and explosive hazards since the offensive against ISIS concluded in December 2017 and month to month data coverage necessary for the humanitarian responders to plan/prioritize their prompt humanitarian support to the war-torn areas, vulnerable people and affected communities in a safe manner.

5 Airstrikes

15 Armed Clash Areas Total Security Incidents 193 Explosive Hazards 412 199 Other types of Incidents 0 50 100 150 200

Total Number of Security Incidents per Month

600 2017 2018 478 493 485 500 414 483 400 433 428 412 364 300 339 335

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0 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Publication Date: 5 November 2018 - For More information contact: [email protected] Copyright © iMMAP, IHF Humanitarian Access Response - IHF project - 2018. All rights reserved. 1.1- Airstrikes 1.1. Airstrike Airstrike: Attacks made by aircrafts, helicopters or drones on specific objectives, launching rockets, clusters, IEDs, etc... and destroying the Number of Airstrikes per District (October 2018) target. 209 5 December 2017 - October 2018 October 2018

% Airstrikes per Armed Actor (October, 2018) Air Fighter

Coalition Military Forces Iraqi Security Forces

59% CMF 100% ISF 209 5 Total Number of Airstrikes Total Number of Airstrikes (10 December 2017 to 31 October 2018) ( October 2018 )

41% ISF

Total Number of Airstrikes per Month

30 26 26 2017 23 2018 25 21 20 24 23 21 15 17 10 14 5 8 5 0 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Number of Airstrikes per District

District December January February March April May June July August September October November December Ana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ba'aj 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baiji 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Baladrooz 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dabes 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daquq 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 Daur 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 Haditha 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hamdaniya 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hatra 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 Hawiga 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 Heet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Ka'im 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 Khanaqin 5 5 5 3 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 Kifri 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Kirkuk 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Makhmur 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Mosul 1 2 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 Muqdadiya 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ramadi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Rutba 4 3 1 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 Ru'ua 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 Samarra 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shirqat 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Sinjar 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 Telafar 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 Tooz 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 Tikrit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

2 October 2018 Iraqi Air Forces: Bombarded ISIS hideouts on Hamrin mountain in the north of Salah Al-Din governorate, causing casualties and damages to the ISIS.

2 October 2018 Iraqi Air Forces: Destroyed an ISIS vehicle during a search operation in the desert in the south of Anabr governorate.

2 October 2018 Iraqi Air Forces: Destroyed 2 operating bases and a tunnel belonged to terrorists between Tilul Al-Baj area and Hatra district.

27 October 2018 Iraqi Air Forces: In Riyadh subdistrict sector in Kirkuk governorate destroyed a tunnel and killed all ISIS members who were hid in it.

30 October 2018 Iraqi Air Forces: Destroyed an ISIS hideout and killed 4 of them in the north of Jazeera Al-Sinea in Salah Al-Din governorate.

Total Number of Airstrikes

Publication Date: 5 November 2018 - For More information contact: [email protected] Copyright © iMMAP, IHF Humanitarian Access Response - IHF project - 2018. All rights reserved. 1.2 - Explosive Hazards 1.2. Explosive Hazard Explosive Hazard: Any ordinances exploded or found and cleared. This type of explosive hazard includes IEDs, UXOs, landmines, weapon caches, etc... Number of Explosive Hazards per District (October 2018)

1998 193 December 2017 - October 2018 October 2018

% Explosive Hazards (October 2018) Explosive Hazards Explosive Hazards found and cleared Explosive Hazards already made and by ISF exploded by ISIS

19% 23%

ISIS 1998 193 Total Exolosive Hazards Total Exolosive Hazards 1 (1- 31 October 2018) (10 December 2017 to 31 October 2018) 2 - 3

4 - 5

6 - 9

10 - 16

17 - 22 73% 23 - 28 81%

Total Number of Explosive Hazard from Incidents Found and Cleared per Type 1- 31 October 2018 85 40 8 3 5 IEDs Weapons Cache SIEDs VBIEDs Others

Total Number of Exploded Hazard from Incidents per Type 1 - 31 October 2018 33 10 1 4 4 IEDs Indirect Fire SIEDs VBIEDs Others

Total Number of Explosive Hazard Incidents per Month Found and cleared by ISF Made and exploded by ISIS

2017 2018 238 218 225 223 193 180 186 162 145 84% 86% 87% 82% 73% 113 113 78% 77% 80% 77% 73% 86% 23% 20% 16% 14% 13% 18% 27% 14% 27% 22% 23% 13% Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

04 October 2018 An Armed Group: Blew up an IED on a military patrol while they were passing the Nada basin on the outskirts of Baladrooz district in Diyala governorate, the explosion injured a soldier.

06 October 2018 An Armed Group: Exploded a booby-trapped vehicle in Nazal neighborhood of Falluja city in Anbar governorate, the explosion killed 2 Police Forces members and injured 3 civilians.

06 October 2018 Security Forces: Found and cleared 4 ISIS tunnels in Khorsabad village of Ba'shiqa subdistrict in Ninewa governorate, the tunnels contained weapons and ammunition.

08 October 2018 Security Forces: Found and cleared 71 IEDs, 5 adhesive IEDs and 3 electronic boards used for adhesive IEDs in Al-Wailiya village, they also found and cleared 6 IEDs and 2 mortar shells round 82mm in Al-Salam village of Hammam Alil subdistrict in Ninewa governorate.

11 October 2018 An Armed Group: An IED exploded near the house of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s Organizational Deputy Assistance in Daquq district in Kirkuk governorate, the explosion caused material damages only.

14 October 2018 Security Forces: Destroyed 6 ISIS tunnels and cleared an IED and 2 mortar shells during a search operation in Al-Khan and Dabuna areas, they also cleared 38 locally made IEDs in Shanaf Al-Hawi area near Euphrates river in Ninewa governorate. Total Number of Explosive Hazards

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QÆ IDPs Camp

á Explosive Hazard Zakho Amedi Primary Road Dahuk Mergasur Dahuk Iraq Boundary Sumel Soran Akre Governorate Boundary Shikhan Telafar Choman District Boundary Tilkaif Shaqlawa

Sinjar Hamdaniya Rania Pshdar Erbil Erbil Mosul Ninewa Koisnjaq Dokan

Makhmur Sharbazher Penjwin Dabes Ba'aj Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Kirkuk Chamchamal Hawiga Daquq Halabja

Kalar Baiji Tooz Ru'ua Tikrit

Kifri

Salah Al-Din Daur Haditha Samarra Khanaqin

Ka'im Khalis Thethar Balad Diyala Ana Muqdadiya

Heet Fares Tarmia

Baladrooz Anbar

Ramadi Baghdad Mada'in Falluja

Rutba Mahmoudiya Badra Azezia Wassit Suwaira

Kerbala Mahawil Kut Ain Al-TamurKerbala Babylon

The aftermath of extensive conflict in Iraq to retake areas from the ISIS has left behind more contamination to the legacy contaminated areas from consecutive armed conflicts and wars in Iraq. The presence of explosive hazards, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in areas liberated from the ISIS will continue to impede the security and stability efforts and humanitarian supports until they are cleared.

It could take a decade to clear Mosul of existed explosives. Over three years of occupation of the city, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS mined and booby-trapped large areas of Mosul. Heavy military operations have incomparably littered and contaminated the city with mines, explosive remnants of war such as cluster munition and unexploded ordnance of artillery shells and hand grenades. In the western parts of the city, where the fighting was especially extreme, massive debris fields left behind completely contaminated with explosive devices and require much technical effort to remove and clear them.

Having a clear picture on the quantity, locations and dimensions of the contamination will facilitate the mine action efforts which are essential in return to facilitate the safe return of internally displaced persons IDPs to their homes and enable humanitarian and stabilization support activities.

This map shows the legacy contamination by landmines and explosive remnants of war ERW and the new contamination of explosive hazards, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in areas liberated from ISIS since 2014.

Landmine and ERW Contamination Areas

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QÆ IDPs Camp Zakho Amedi Primary Road Dahuk Mergasur Dahuk Iraq Boundary Sumel Soran Akre Governorate Boundary Shikhan Telafar Choman District Boundary Tilkaif Shaqlawa

Landmine & ERW Risk Level Rania Sinjar Hamdaniya Pshdar High Low Erbil Erbil Mosul Koisnjaq Ninewa Dokan

Makhmur Sharbazher Penjwin Dabes Ba'aj Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Kirkuk Chamchamal Hawiga Halabja Daquq

Kalar Baiji Tooz

Ru'ua Tikrit

Kifri Salah Al-DinDaur Haditha Samarra Khanaqin Ka'im Khalis Thethar Balad Ana Muqdadiya Diyala Heet Fares Tarmia

Baladrooz

Ramadi Baghdad Mada'in Anbar Falluja Mahmoudiya Badra Azezia Suwaira

Rutba Mahawil Wassit Ain Al-Tamur Kerbala Babylon Kut Kerbala Na'maniya Ali Al-Gharbi Hashimiya

Hai Kufa Diwaniya Missan Afaq Amara Qadissiya

NajafNajaf Rifa'i Hamza Thi-Qar Maimouna Rumaitha Muthanna Shatra

1.3 - Armed Clash Area (Operation) Armed Clash Area: An area that is affected by the clashes, attacks, repels, etc... this area is the most affected ones because of the complexity of the attacks that Number of Armed Clash Areas per District (October 2018) happen there and the use of heavy machine guns and weapons. 247 15 December 2017 - October 2018 October 2018

% Armed Clash Operations (October, 2018) Armed Clash Areas Liberation Operations Armed Clash Areas 2% 0% Liberation Operations

247 15 Total Number of ACA Total # of Clashed Areas (10 December 2017 to 31 October 2018) (1 - 31 October 2018)

98% 1

2 100% 3

Total Number of Armed Clash Areas per Month 2017 Armed Clash Areas Liberation Operations 36 2018 33 33 3% 3% 25 23 8% 21 18 97% 17 16 97% 97% 15 100% 100% 11 92% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Number of Armed Clash Areas per District 2

District December January February March April May June July August September October November December Ba'aj 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Baiji 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Balad 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 Baladrooz 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 Dabes 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 Daquq 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 Daur 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 Fares 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Haditha 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hatra 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Hawiga 2 4 5 7 1 2 3 7 0 1 3 Heet 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Ka'im 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Khalis 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Khanaqin 4 3 3 4 6 4 4 4 1 4 0 Kifri 3 1 2 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 Kirkuk 5 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 Makhmur 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Mosul 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Muqdadiya 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 2 2 0 Ramadi 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Rutba 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ru'ua 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Shirqat 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 Sinjar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tikrit 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Tooz 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Samarra 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Falluja 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Baq'uba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Hamdaniya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

Publication Date: 5 November 2018 - For More information contact: [email protected] Copyright © iMMAP, IHF Humanitarian Access Response - IHF project - 2018. All rights reserved. 1.3 - Armed Clash Areas Armed Clash Areas in Mosul Corridor, Hawiga and Western Anbar Operations Areas (1- 31 October 2018) 07 October 2018 ISIS: Attacked Federal Police Forces point near Al-Rabza village of Riyadh subdistrict located 55km in the west of Kirkuk governorate, in which a FPF member killed and 3 others injured during the attack.

08 October 2018 An Armed Group: Attacked military personnel and PMF in Heet district in Anbar governorate, killing a PMF member and 2 soldiers and injured another PMF member.

09 October 2018 ISIS: Attacked local Police Forces in Is’haqi subdistrict in Salah Al-Din governorate, in which 3 Police Forces members killed and another one injured during the attack.

17 October 2018 ISIS: Attacked Military and Turkmen Forces in Abud village located 20km in the west of Tooz district in Salah Al-Din governorate, in which a Turkmen Force member was killed.

30 October 2018 ISIS: Attacked on the village of Hanani of Ryadh subdistrct in Kirkuk governorate in which 2 Federal Police Force members were injured. Armed Clash Areas (5 km Buffer)

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QÆ IDPs Camp

Armed Clash Area, 5Km Buffer Zakho Primary Road Amedi Iraq Boundary Dahuk Mergasur Dahuk Governorate Boundary Sumel District Boundary Soran Akre Shikhan Telafar Choman Tilkaif Shaqlawa

Sinjar Hamdaniya Rania Pshdar Erbil

Erbil Mosul Ninewa Koisnjaq Dokan

Makhmur Sharbazher Penjwin Dabes Ba'aj Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Chamchamal Kirkuk Hawiga Halabja Daquq

Kalar Baiji Tooz

Ru'ua Tikrit

Kifri

Salah Al-Din Daur Haditha Khanaqin Samarra Ka'im

Khalis Thethar Diyala Anbar Balad Ana Muqdadiya

Heet Fares Tarmia Ba'quba Baladrooz Ramadi Rutba Falluja Baghdad Wassit Mada'in Badra Abu Ghraib Karkh

Affected People (10 December 2017 to 31 October 2018) 3145 980 86 4082 People Killed People Injured People Released People Captured

The process of returning IDPs has begun on a scant scale and a big portion of IDPs are unable to return to their areas due to the contamination and huge damage incurred to the infrastructure in their living areas. While there is a big hope for the residents that the situation and economy will boom after the expulsion of ISIS and return of local business but lack of most pressing services and fluctuated security situation still remain a big challenge.

The iMMAP’s security incidents and infrastructure data show that there are still incidents ongoing in the liberated areas, which have caused the sluggishness of the economy and whole infrastructure development. Almost all parts of the areas affected by the military operations have incurred damage to the infrastructure, with some areas completely destroyed and requiring years to rebuild. The majority of inflicted infrastructures are hospitals, schools, working places, governmental buildings and religious and historical sites. Mosul’s damaged roads, bridges and a boom in economy will take at least five years to repair and need billions of dollars of development that will weight a big financial burden on Iraq’s government, officials returning to the battle-affected city said. The facilities that provide public services such as the airport, railway station and university were all destroyed in the long fight to dislodge Islamic State militants from their main Iraqi strongholds.

Both local authorities and humanitarian actors are working to meet the critical needs of vulnerable children, women and men displaced by the fighting and of those returning to their war-damaged homes providing urgent assistances to the affected communities, the major issues are still the huge infrastructure destruction of assets such as water supplies, power stations and acute health facilities. Humanitarian partners provide emergency food, water and essential items to the affected communities and vulnerables.

Security Incidents Risk Level on Camps and Roads in Ninewa, Diyala, Anbar, Salah Al-Din and Kirkuk Governorates

Security Incidents Risk Level on Camps and Roads in Anbar Governorate

Security Incidents Risk Level on Camps and Roads in Salah Al-Din Governorate

Security Incidents Risk Level on Camps and Roads in Ninewa Governorate

Security Incidents Risk Level on Camps and Roads in Diyala Governorate

Security Incidents Risk Level on Camps and Roads in Kirkuk Governorate

Number of Returnees and IDPs in Humantrian Access Response Areas ( December 2017 - October 2018 )

Data Source: IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix | DTM The IDP and Returnees Master Lists collect information on numbers and locations of IDP and returnee families through an ongoing data collection system that identifies and routinely updates figures through contacts with key informants. The unit of observation is the location. The IDP Master List was launched in December 2013 and the Returnee Master List in April 2015 (although returnee figures have been retroactively reported since October 2014).

Total Number of Returnees per Month

4500000 4000000 3500000 3000000 2500000 2000000 1500000 1000000 500000 0 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Number of IDPs per Month

3000000 2500000 2000000 1500000 1000000 500000 0 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Publication Date: 5 November 2018 - For More information contact: [email protected] Copyright © iMMAP, IHF Humanitarian Access Response - IHF project - 2018. All rights reserved. 3 - Explosive Hazards 3- Mobile Data Collection of Current Explosive Hazards (1- 31 October 2018) iMMAP-IHF project through its eclectic experienced Mobile Data Collection MDC survey team is operating in the war-torn and insecure areas in/around Ninewa, Kirkuk, Anbar, Diyala and Salah Al-din governorates to collect real time explosive hazard data evaluate their impact on humanitarian access and vulnerable people and assess the threat impacted on the infrastructure then send all the garnered real time data in the fields to iMMAP office to process them for cleaning, validation, integration, analyzation and effectiveness and immediately produce analytical reports and informative maps to the humanitarian partners and local authorities to respond and take required immediate measures. Total Number of Explosive Hazards from MDC per Month

Governorate District Hazard types May June July August September October November December Ninewa Mosul IED 14 34 7 18 5 1 Hamdaniya IED 0 5 1 1 2 0 Hamdaniya UXO Spot 8 4 2 17 9 13 Mosul UXO Spot 20 68 41 48 35 16 Mosul Not Specified 23 14 5 5 2 7 Tilkaif Not Specified 0 0 2 0 0 0 Mosul Cluster Munitions 20 5 0 0 0 0 Hamdaniya Not Specified 3 0 0 2 0 Tilkaif UXO Spot 0 0 0 0 15 4 Tilkaif IED 0 1 0 15 3 40 Anbar Ramadi IED 0 3 0 0 0 0 Heet IED 0 1 0 0 0 0 Heet UXO Spot 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ramadi UXO Spot 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ramadi Not Specified 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kirkuk Daquq UXO Spot 0 1 2 0 0 0 Dabes UXO Spot 0 0 0 3 0 0 Kirkuk UXO Spot 0 0 0 3 15 53 Dabes Not Specified 0 0 0 3 0 0 Daquq Not Specified 0 1 1 0 0 0 Daquq IED 0 4 0 0 0 0 Dabes IED 0 1 0 12 0 0 Kirkuk IED 0 0 8 56 13 17 Kirkuk Not Specified 0 0 0 2 0 5 Kirkuk Cluster Munitions 0 0 0 0 1 0 Salah Al-Din Balad Uxo spot 0 0 1 0 1 0 Al-Daur Not Specified 2 1 0 0 2 0

Al-Daur Cluster Munitions 6 0 0 0 0 0 Balad Cluster Munitions 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tikrit Cluster Munitions 1 0 0 0 0 0 Balad IED 7 1 0 0 0 0 Al-Daur IED 6 0 1 0 4 1 Tikrit IED 2 0 0 0 0 2 Balad Not Specified 0 0 0 0 1 0 Al-Daur Uxo spot 0 0 0 0 3 4 Al-Fares IED 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baiji IED 0 0 0 0 0 5 Diyala Khanaqin IED 0 0 2 0 0 0 Total Number of Mobile Data Collection Data per Month 2018

300

250

200

150

100

0 May-18 June-18 July-18 August-18 September-18 October-18 November-18 December-18

IEDs UXO spots Cluster Muni�ons Unspeciﬁed

Explosive Hazards from Mobile Data Collection (MDC) in Ninewa

Explosive Hazards from Mobile Data Collection (MDC) in Kirkuk

Explosive Hazards from Mobile Data Collection (MDC) in Salah Al-Din

NOTES AND ACRONYMS

Data period (1- 31 October 2018 )

All information is the best available from various sources including public, national and international sources, and have been cross-checked by iMMAP as best possible.

ISF: Iraqi Security Forces. ISIS: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. CMF: Coalition Military Forces. IED: Improvised Explosive Device. UXO: Unexploded Ordinance. SIED: Suicide Improvised Explosive Device. VBIED: Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device. ACA: Armed Clash Area. IDPs: Internally Displaced Persons. Indirect Fire: A bombardment delivered by indirect fire weapon systems, commonly used to describe artillery, mortar or rocket fire.

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.

This report is related to iMMAP-IHF project: Multi-Dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management Center for Humanitarian Access Response - 2018.