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iMMAP - Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News ( 30 JAN - 5 FEB 2020) 93 18 48 6 1 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKE KIRKUK GOVERNORATE Security Forces 31/JAN/2020 Found a corpse of a kidnapped civilian who was killed by ISIS. Security Forces 30/JAN/2020 Detached four IEDs placed on the Security Forces passage in the southwest of Kirkuk. Joint Security Forces 01/FEB/2020 Killed two of the highes ranked ISIS members in the Hamrin mountain 67km northeast of Federal Police Forces 30/JAN/2020 Baqubah district. Found 10 IEDs in Al-Atshana village in the Hawija district. Iraqi Military Forces 02/FEB/2020 Military Intelligence 30/JAN/2020 Bombarded three different ISIS hideouts in the vicinity of Sabiat, Albu-Faraj, and Al-maita Found and cleared a cache containing weapons, explosives, and missiles in Al-Raween village between Diyala and Salah Al-Din border. village in Zab district. Security Forces 02/FEB/2020 An Armed Group 31/JAN/2020 Dismantled three planted IEDs in the orchards of Zaghnia village in the Al-Abarra subdistrict. Threw a hand grenade at a civilian's house in the center of the city. The explosion did not cause any casualties. Iraqi Military Forces 04/FEB/2020 Launched an airstrike that killed two ISIS members and destroyed 5 ISIS hideouts in Federal Police Forces 02/FEB/2020 Al-Khilaniya, Hamrin lake, and Hamrin mountains area. Found four tunnels belonging to ISIS in Gharib Al-wasti and Al-Tawria village in the Hawija district. Joint Security Forces 05/FEB/2020 Found a cache of explosives containing mortar shells in the Um-Aladham orchards south Popular Mobilization Forces 03/FEB/2020 of Baqubah district. Dismantled 100 IEDs belonging to ISIS in the southwest of Kirkuk. ISIS 04/FEB/2020 SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE Kidnapped and killed two civilians in the Al-Khatunia subdistrict. An Armed Group 30/JAN/2020 Opened fire on a Popular Mobilization Forces checkpoint in Al-Risala neighborhood in the Popular Mobilization Forces 04/FEB/2020 center of Beji district. Found two corpses that were killed by ISIS in Al-Khatunia village south of Kirkuk. Popular Mobilization Forces 30/JAN/2020 Bombarded ISIS with mortar shells in the Hawija Jloob area in Samarra district. Federal Police Forces 04/FEB/2020 Found and cleared 47 IEDs belonging to ISIS in Al-Mansouriya Al-Jabal in the Hawija ISIS 05/FEB/2020 district. Killed three members of Tribal Mobilization Forces in the Al-Naamiya area, east of Tikrit. An Armed Group 04/FEB/2020 ISIS 05/FEB/2020 Planted an IED on a civilian's vehicle in Noor Al-Sakani compound in Al-Riyadh subdistrict Shot and killed a Popular Mobilization forces member at a checkpoint in the Mataibajia in the Hawija district. The explosion only caused material damage. area. BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE NINEWA GOVERNORATE Iraqi Military Forces 30/JAN/2020 Security Forces 30/JAN/2020 Found and cleared five homemade mortar shells and military equipment inside three ISIS Found an unidentified corpse that was stabbed multiple times in Al-Shaab area north of hideouts in Mosul. the capital. An Armed Group 31/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 30/JAN/2020 Launched five rockets at the Qaira airbase, causing no casualties. Threw a hand grenade, injuring a Security Forces member and an officer in Al-Khalni square. Security Forces 02/FEB/2020 Repelled an ISIS attack, killing an ISIS member and arresting two others at the entrance of Security Forces 31/JAN/2020 Al-Baaj district, 120km west of Mosul. Injured 26 demonstrators using tear gas in Al-Khalni square. Security Forces 04/FEB/2020 An Armed Group 31/JAN/2020 Repelled an ISIS attack, killing an ISIS member and arresting another at the entrance of Stabbed three demonstrators near Al-Khalni square. Al-Hader district, 90km south of Mosul. An Armed Group 31/JAN/2020 Threw a hand grenade, injuring four Security Force members in Al-Khalni square. ANBAR GOVERNORATE Security Forces 31/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 01/FEB/2020 Repelled an ISIS attack in the Sawaab area south of Al-Qaim district. Shot and killed a civilian in Abo Ghraib district. ISIS 04/FEB/2020 An Armed Group 03/FEB/2020 Attacked the Popular Mobilization Forces with mortar shells and weapons, The PMF A conflict between two tribes resulted in three injuries in Abu-Dashir area. repelled the attack. An Armed Group 03/FEB/2020 Three Iraqi soldiers were injured by an IED explosion in Abu-Ghraib district. ERBIL GOVERNORATE DIYALA GOVERNORATE ISIS 02/FEB/2020 Attacked Makhmour refugee camp, The attack resulted in injuring two of the camp's ISIS 30/JAN/2020 guards, two refugees, and the death of two ISIS members near Azi Kandi village. Installed a checkpoint and kidnapped seven civilians in Qarra-Tuba and Jibarra subdistrict. People Killed & Injured Per Governorate People Killed & Injured Per Incident Type 50 Killed 50 Killed 44 Injured 43 Injured 40 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 10 6 5 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Diyala Kirkuk Salah Al-Din Ninewa Erbil Baghdad Attack/Direct/Clashes Bomb Attack Crime Air Strike iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents Risk Level in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 30 Jan to 05 Feb 2020 Dahuk TTuurrkkeeyy D a h u k Amedi D A H U K Mergasur Sumel .!Dahuk N i n e w a E r b i l S u l a y m a n i y a h S y r i a K i r k u k Akre S y r i a ÆQ Shikhan Soran IIrraann ÆQ Telafar ÆQ ÆQ S a l a h A l - D i n ÆQ Choman D i y a l a Tilkaif B a g h d a d A n b a r W a s s i t JJoorrddaann K e r b a l aB a b y l o n Shaqlawa Q a d i s s i y a M i s s a n Mosul N a j a f T h i - Q a r .! ÆQ ÆQ Rania Sinjar Hamdaniya Pshdar B a s r a h M u t h a n n a Erbil SSaauu ddii AArraabbiiaa .! KKuuwwaaiitt ÆQ ÆQ ÆQ Erbil Mosul II r a n Koisnjaq Explosive Incident Risk Level E R B I L N I N E W A Dokan High Low ÆQ \! Capital Makhmur ÆQÆQ Sharbazher Penjwin .! Governorate Center S y r i a S y r i a Dabes Sulaymaniah ÆQ IDPs Camp Ba'aj .! ÆQ Kirkuk .! Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Primary Road Kirkuk Chamchamal ÆQÆQ S U L A Y M A N I Y A H Iraq Boundary ÆQ Hawiga K I R K U K ÆQ Darbandihkan Halabja Governorate Boundary Daquq District Boundary Kalar Baiji ÆQ ÆQ ÆQ Tooz Ru'ua ÆQ ± Tikrit Tikrit ÆQ.! 0 40 80 ÆQ Km Kifri S A L A H A L - D I N Daur Haditha Khanaqin ÆQ Samarra D I Y A L A Ka'im ÆQ ÆQ Khalis A N B A R Thethar Balad Ana Muqdadiya Ba`aqubah Heet Fares .!ÆQ Tarmia Ba'quba Baladrooz Adhamia Ramadi Kadhimia ! ÆQ . ÆQ Thawra1 Ramadi ÆQÆQ Thaw\!.ra2Baghdad Abu Ghraib Resafa Karkh Mada'in Rutba ÆQ Falluja ÆQ ÆQ B A G H D A D Badra Mahmoudiya Azezia Musayab Suwaira Mahawil Kut Kerbala iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 30 Jan to 05 Feb 2020 Shikhan Choman TTuurrkkeeyy D a h u k Tilkaif Soran Akre N i n e w a E r b i l Shaqlawa S u l a y m a n i y a h Mosul SSyyrriiaa K i r k u k Telafar .! ÆQ ÆQ Pshdar ÆQ Rania IIrraann Sinjar Hamdaniya S a l a h A l - D i n D i y a l a Erbil .! B a g h d a d A n b a r ÆQÆQ ÆQ W a s s i t JJoorrddaann K e r b a l aB a b y l o n ÆQ Erbil Q a d i s s i y a Mosul M i s s a n c Koisnjaq N a j a f T h i - Q a r E R B I L Dokan B a s r a h M u t h a n n a N I N E W A SSaauu ddii AArraabbiiaa ÆQ KKuuwwaaiitt à ÆQ ÆQ Makhmur c ġ Airstrike Dabes c Armed Clash Area Sulaymaniya Ba'aj àc ÆQ Kirkuk à Explosive Hazard .! Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Chamchamal \! Capital à ÆQÆQ S y r ii a à cà ÆQ .! Governorate Center Hawiga à K I R K U K ÆQ Daquq ÆQ IDPs Camp Primary Road à à Iraq Boundary Kalar Baiji ÆQ ÆQ ÆQ Tooz Governorate Boundary ÆQ Ru'ua ÆQ c District Boundary Tikrit ÆQ.!Tikrit Kifri ± S A L A H A L - D I N Daur 0 30 60 Haditha c à Km à Samarraà à D I Y A L A Ka'im à Khanaqin ÆQ ÆQ Khalis ġ c A N B A R Thethar Balad Ana àMuqdadiya Ba`aqubah Heet .!ÆQ Fares à Tarmia Ba'quba à Adhamia Baladrooz Kadhimia Ramadi Thawra2 Rutba c .! Thawra1 à ÆQ Ramadi à ÆQ Baghdad ÆQÆQ \!. Falluja Abu Ghraib Resafa à Karkh Mada'in ÆQ ÆQ ÆQ B A G H D A D Mahmoudiya Azezia Musayab Suwaira 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.
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