iMMAP - Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Hazard Incidents Flash News (17 - 23 Sep 2020)

156 28 21 12 5 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES An Armed Group 20/SEP/2020 A Katyusha rocket landed near the Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi Military Forces 17/SEP/2020 Launched several airstrikes destroying multiple ISIS hideouts in the orchards of Sheikhi ISIS 21/SEP/2020 Killed a woman after breaking into a house in the Al-Yabis project in Tarmiya district. and Al-Moukhaysa villages, 5km east of Abi Saida subdistrict. Federal Police Forces 21/SEP/2020 ISIS 17/SEP/2020 Rescued an abducted civilian and arrested the abductor in the Al-Zafarnia area, Attacked a Federal Police checkpoint injuring a member in the vicinity of Al-Moukhaysa southeast of the capital. village, 5km east of Abi Saida subdistrict. An Armed Group 22/SEP/2020 Popular Mobilization Forces 18/SEP/2020 Three mortar shells were launched in the Karada area and landed in the Green Zone. Thwarted an ISIS infiltration attempt in Al-Maita village of Al-Adhim subdistrict.

ISIS 18/SEP/2020 SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE Killed a soldier using a sniper rifle in the vicinity of Al-Thabitiya village, west of Baquba district. An Armed Group 18/SEP/2020 An IED explosion struck a convoy transporting supplies to the coalition forces and ISIS 19/SEP/2020 injured a security forces member in the Ishaqi area. Injured a Tribal Mobilization Forces member in Umm Hanta village of Jalawla subdistrict. Coalition Forces 21/SEP/2020 An Armed Group 20/SEP/2020 Launched an airstrike destroying an ISIS hideout in the district. An IED explosion killed a Federal Police member and injured another in Sheikhi village in Abi Saida subdistrict. Security Forces 22/SEP/2020 Destroyed an ISIS hideout and cleared 19 IEDs, seven artillery shells, 14 Katyusha rockets, Security Forces 20/SEP/2020 and seven armored-piercing rockets in Amarli subdistrict. Destroyed an ISIS hideout and cleared six mortar shells, an armor-piercing rocket, a boat, and two IEDs in the Buhriz subdistrict. Popular Mobilization Forces 22/SEP/2020 Thwarted an ISIS infiltration attempt in the Al-Zalia area. ISIS 22/SEP/2020 Attacked Umm Al-Hinta village of Jalawla subdistrict and injured two farmers. An Armed Group 23/SEP/2020 An IED explosion struck a convoy transporting supplies to the coalition forces on the NINEWA GOVERNORATE Salah al-Din highway.

Joint Security Forces 19/SEP/2020 GOVERNORATE Killed five ISIS insurgents in Kanous village of Al-Qaira subdistrict. Coalition Forces 17/SEP/2020 ISIS 19/SEP/2020 Launched an airstrike in Hamrin mountains, killing an ISIS insurgent and destroying four Killed a Popular Mobilization Forces member and injured three others in Kanous village of Al-Qaira subdistrict. hideouts. ISIS 20/SEP/2020 ISIS 17/SEP/2020 Shot and killed a Popular Mobilization Forces member and injured another in Kanous village A targeted IED explosion struck a Popular Mobilization Forces convoy followed by an of Al-Qairra subdistrict. attack killing four of their members in Sheikh Sami Assi village of the Taza subdistrict. Turkish Air Force 20/SEP/2020 A drone strike killed three Kurdistan Workers' Party members near the Mazar Sharaf Al-Din Popular Mobilization Forces 17/SEP/2020 area in . Repelled an ISIS attack in Sheikh Sami Assi village, killing an insurgent and injuring two others. Security Forces 20/SEP/2020 Destroyed three ISIS hideouts and four tunnels in Kanous village of Al-Qairra subdistrict. An Armed Group 17/SEP/2020 An Armed Group 20/SEP/2020 An IED exploded near the Directorate of Travel and Nationality office in Kirkuk, Adin Opened fire on a house, killed a man and injured two of his sons in the Al-Dawasa village of neighborhood. Wana subdistrict. Security Forces 21/SEP/2020 Coalition Forces 20/SEP/2020 Found a corpse showing a gunshot wound to the head in the Lailan subdistrict, east of Launched an airstrike on an ISIS tunnel in Al-Bir valley. Kirkuk. An Armed Group 23/SEP/2020 Killed a man and his wife inside their house in Hawi Salan village of Al-Nimrud subdistrict. ANBAR GOVERNORATE Military Intelligence 18/SEP/2020 Destroyed an ISIS tunnel and cleared 36 rockets in the Hai Al-Bakr area in Heet district. An Armed Group 17/SEP/2020 An IED explosion struck a military convoy in Abu Ghraib district. Security Forces 19/SEP/2020 Destroyed two ISIS hideouts in the Al-Sakriyat area, west of Anbar. An Armed Group 17/SEP/2020 An IED explosion struck a military convoy in the Al-Taifiya area, south of the capital.

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4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anbar Baghdad Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa Salah Al-Din Air Strike Explosive Hazard Crime Direct Attack/Clashes iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents Risk Level in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 17 to 23 September 2020

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