iMMAP - Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Hazard Incidents Flash News (13 - 19 Aug 2020)

104 30 17 14 2 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES

Security Forces 16/AUG/2020 NINEWA GOVERNORATE Found and cleared two caches of explosives, containing Austarian rockets and six IEDs in district. An Armed Group 13/AUG/2020 An IED explosion injured a civilian, west of . An Armed Group 16/AUG/2020 An IED exploded and injured a civilian in an agricultural land near Al-Majid village of Riyadh Military Intelligence 13/AUG/2020 subdistrict. Found and cleared an explosive cache containing IED vests and mortar shells in Badush mountain of . Popular Mobilization Forces 17/AUG/2020 Destroyed two ISIS hideouts and cleared eight IEDs in the vicinity of Al-Shahid area, Iraqi Military Forces 15/AUG/2020 southwest of . Found and cleared three IEDs near Al-Athba village of Al-Shoura subdistrict, south of Mosul. SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE Security Forces 15/AUG/2020 Found and cleared a cache of explosives containing five IEDs, five armor-piercing An Armed Group 13/AUG/2020 rockets, and six mortar shells in Til Al-Abta subdistrict. Three Katyusha rockets landed in Balad airbase in Salah Al-Din.

Security Forces 16/AUG/2020 An Armed Group 19/AUG/2020 Found a corpse with torture marks and a gunshot wound near the river in An IED explosion struck two vehicles, killing two Police members and four civilians in the Al-Namrood subdistrict. Al-Dijil area.

An Armed Group 16/AUG/2020 An Armed Group 19/AUG/2020 An IED explosion struck a military patrol vehicle, injuring two soldiers in Al-Qairra Attacked the Federal Police Forces in the Al-Dijil area and killed two Police in addition to subdistrict, south of Mosul. five civilians.

An Armed Group 17/AUG/2020 An IED explosion injured three civilians in the Badush area, 25km northwest of Mosul. ANBAR GOVERNORATE

Security Forces 18/AUG/2020 ISIS 13/AUG/2020 Found and cleared a cache of explosives containing eight mortar shells, an RPG7 rocket, An IED explosion killed a civilian in the Al-Rihana subdistrict, south of Ana district. an SPG9 rocket, and TNTs in Sheikh Ibrahim mountain in district. Iraqi Military Forces 18/AUG/2020 Security Forces 19/AUG/2020 Launched an airstrike destroying an ISIS hideout in the Albu-Majbal area. Found a corpse in Old Mosul. GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 16/AUG/2020 An Armed Group 13/AUG/2020 Killed a Tribal Mobilization Forces member using a sniper rifle in the vicinity of Shaqraq Shot and killed a Federal Police member inside a barbershop in the Tarmia district. area, west of Muqdadiya district.

An Armed Group 14/AUG/2020 ISIS 13/AUG/2020 Three Katyusha rockets landed in the vicinity of Baghdad airport. The rockets were Killed a civilian and injured another during an attack on Al-Islah village of Jalwla launched from the Al-Radwaniyah area, south of the capital. subdistrict in district. An Armed Group 15/AUG/2020 Two Katyusha rockets landed in the Taji airbase. The rockets were launched in the GOVERNORATE Al-Rashdiyah area. Coalition Forces 18/AUG/2020 Security Forces 16/AUG/2020 Launched several airstrikes, destroying nine ISIS hideouts and killing ten insurgents in Found two corpses of a retired Military officer and his sister inside their house in the Qara Chough mountain of . Al-Kadhimiyah area.

An Armed Group 18/AUG/2020 A Katyusha rocket landed in the vicinity of Baghdad airport. The rocket was launched in Al-Fayadih village southeast of the airport.

An Armed Group 19/AUG/2020 Shot and killed a civilian in the Tunis neighborhood.

Popular Mobilization Forces 13/AUG/2020 Killed two insurgents on a motorcycle while trying to smuggle IEDs to Kirkuk.

Federal Police Forces 14/AUG/2020 Destroyed four ISIS hideouts and cleared two IEDs in Al-Chai valley, south of Kirkuk.

An Armed Group 16/AUG/2020 An IED explosion killed a civilian and injured two others in Neweshin village , west of Kirkuk.

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

10 10 10 Killed 10 Killed 9 9 Injured Injured 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5

3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anbar Baghdad Diyala Erbil 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 13 to 19 August 2020

Turkey Dahuk

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Makhmur !. Governorate Center ÆQÆQ Penjwin ÆQ IDPs Camp Dabes Sulaymaniah Ba'aj !. S y r ii a ÆQ Kirkuk Primary Road !. Sulaymaniya Shirqat Kirkuk Boundary ÆQÆQÆQ S U L A Y M A N I Y A H Hawiga K I R K U KÆQ Governorate Boundary DarbandihkanHalabja District Boundary

Kalar ÆQ ÆQ Tooz

Ru'ua ÆQ ± Tikrit ÆQ!. 0 50 100 ÆQ Km S A L A H A L - D I N Daur Khanaqin ÆQ D I Y A L A Ka'im ÆQ ÆQ Khalis A N B A R Thethar Balad Ana Muqdadiya

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iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 13 to 19 August 2020

Turkey Dahuk Zakho Amedi Erbil T u r k e y Dahuk Ninewa T u r k e y

Syria Sulaymaniyah Mergasur Kirkuk Iran D A H U K Sumel !. Salah Al-Din Dahuk Diyala Soran Shikhan Akre Baghdad ÆQ

J Anbar o ÆQ r ÆQ d Wassit Telafar ÆQ a Kerbala Babylon ÆQ n à Choman II r a n Qadissiya Missan Tilkaif Najaf Thi-Qar à Shaqlawa Basrah à à Mosul Muthanna Saudi Arabia !. ÆQ ÆQ K ÆQ u à Hamdaniya Rania w Sinjar Pshdar a it à Erbil à à ÆQ ÆQ !. ÆQ Erbil Mosul ġ Airstrike àc E R B I L Koisnjaq N I N E W A Dokan c Armed Clash Area à ÆQ ÆQàMakhmur à Explosive Hazard ÆQ Sharbazher ġ Penjwin Dabes Sulaymaniah !\ Capital Ba'aj !. ÆQ Kirkuk S y r ii a !. Sulaymaniya !. Governorate Center Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk à ÆQÆQ Chamchamal ÆQ àà à c ÆQ S U L A Y M A N I Y A H IDPs Camp Hawiga à KàI R K U KÆQ Darbandihkan Primary Road Daquq

Iraq Boundary Kalar Governorate Boundary Baiji à ÆQÆQ Tooz

District Boundary Ru'ua ÆQ Tikrit Tikrit ÆQ!. Kifri ÆQ S A L A H A L - D I N Daur Haditha c ÆQ ± à Khanaqin ÆQ Samarra 0 50 100 D I Y A L A Km Ka'im ÆQ ÆQ Khalis A N B A R Thethar à Balad Ana à Muqdadiya

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Mahmoudiya Badra

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