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Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News (July 23 iMMAP - Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Hazard Incidents Flash News (23 July - 05 Aug 2020) 161 43 21 4 5 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE ISIS 25/JUL/2020 An Armed Group 30/JUL/2020 Attacked Al-Abasiya village and killed five civilians in Samarra district. Two Katyusha rockets landed near Baghdad's airport. The rockets were launched from the Al-Radhwaniyah area. Popular Mobilization Forces 26/JUL/2020 Bombarded an ISIS gathering injuring several of them in the Al-Hawija area, north of Security Forces 03/AUG/2020 Samarra district. Retrieved two corpses in the Tigris river near Al-Faransi bridge in the Al-Nahrawan area. Security Forces 26/JUL/2020 An Armed Group 03/AUG/2020 Found and cleared more than 20 Katyusha rockets in the Tikrit district. A Katyusha rocket landed in Albu-Abdu village and another in Jawad village in Al-Mushahada subdistrict, north of the capital. Iraqi Military Forces 27/JUL/2020 Launched an airstrike destroying a hideout in Samarra district. ANBAR GOVERNORATE Popular Mobilization Forces 29/JUL/2020 ISIS 23/JUL/2020 Thwarted an ISIS infiltration attempt into Til Al-Dahab area of Yathrib subdistrict in the Attacked a Military checkpoint and injured two soldiers in the Al-Mamoura area of the Samarra district. Al-Baghdadiya subdistrict. ISIS 01/AUG/2020 ISIS 23/JUL/2020 Attacked a Federal Police Forces checkpoint, killing a member and injuring four others in An IED struck a military vehicle and injured two soldiers in the Al-Mamoura area of the the Mukayashafa subdistrict, south of Tikrit district. Al-Baghdadiya subdistrict. Iraqi Military Forces 04/AUG/2020 An Armed Group 23/JUL/2020 Launched several airstrikes, destroying multiple ISIS hideouts in Masira and Hilal Salim Sexually assaulted and then killed an abducted eight-year-old child in the Zawiya area of deserts of Samarra district. the Al-Firat subdistrict, Heet district. An Armed Group 05/AUG/2020 Security Forces 24/JUL/2020 Killed three soldiers in an attack in the Mutaybajia area of Samarra district. Found and cleared nine IEDs, 17 anti-aircraft rockets, 27 detonators, and three mortar DIYALA GOVERNORATE shells in Al-Qamitra village of Al-Kaim district. Security Forces 01/AUG/2020 Popular Mobilization Forces 24/JUL/2020 Found and cleared a cache containing 50 projectiles belonging to ISIS in the Hasiba area, Conducted a search operation and cleared four villages from ISIS insurgents, south of east of Ramadi district. Al-Muqdadiya district. An Armed Group 24/JUL/2020 KIRKUK GOVERNORATE Launched four Katyusha rockets from Al-Dainiya area towards the Al-Basmaya military Iraqi Military Forces 31/JUL/2020 camp, two of which landed on a warehouse and a caravan, and the others landed in the Launched an airstrike, destroying three vehicles in the Al-Chai valley of Daquq district. surrounding area. Security Forces 31/JUL/2020 Popular Mobilization Forces 25/JUL/2020 Dismantled an adhesive IED, which was planted in the center of Kirkuk city. Repelled an ISIS attack and killed three insurgents in the Al-Maita area, north of Diyala. Iraqi Military Forces 04/AUG/2020 ISIS 25/JUL/2020 Launched an airstrike in the Al-Mahmudiya area, destroying two ISIS hideouts, a vehicle, Attacked Popular Mobilization Forces patrol and injured a member in the Al-Maita area, and two motorcycles. north of Diyala. Coalition Forces 05/AUG/2020 Popular Mobilization Forces 29/JUL/2020 Launched an airstrike, and killed four insurgents in Hamrin mountains. Thwarted an ISIS infiltration attempt near Al-Askara village, north of Al-Sadiya subdistrict. NINEWA GOVERNORATE Iraqi Military Forces 29/JUL/2020 Security Forces 23/JUL/2020 Repelled an ISIS attack in the Al-Qaia area of Khanaqin district. Found two corpses in the Al-Maidan area in Old Mosul. An Armed Group 30/JUL/2020 Security Forces 26/JUL/2020 An IED struck a military patrol vehicle, killing a soldier and injuring two others in the Qolai Found three corpses in Old Mosul. area of Khanaqin district. Security Forces 26/JUL/2020 BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE Found a tunnel that contained weapons, weapon attachments, and Katyusha rockets in Al-Kaba village of Al-Rashidiya subdistrict, north of Mosul. Security Forces 23/JUL/2020 Found and cleared a drone carrying 2kg of explosives on top of a building in the Al-Jadriya Security Forces 29/JUL/2020 area. Found five corpses near the Pepsi factory in Mosul. Security Forces 25/JUL/2020 Rescued the German activist who was abducted nearly a week ago. Security Forces 26/JUL/2020 Rescued an abducted civilian in the Al-Kadhimiya market and arrested the abductor. An Armed Group 29/JUL/2020 An IED exploded inside a bus in the Bab Al-Sharqi area, injuring five civilians. People Killed & Injured Per Governorate People Killed & Injured Per Incident Type 20 Killed 30 Killed Injured Injured 21 20 12 11 16 10 10 8 11 7 10 9 5 4 4 4 2 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 23 July to 05 August 2020 D A H U K !. Dahuk Amedi Mergasur Turkey Sumel Dahuk ÆQ Shikhan ÆQ Akre Erbil ÆQ ÆQ Soran Ninewa ÆQ Choman Sulaymaniyah Telafar Syria Kirkuk Tilkaif Iran Shaqlawa Salah Al-Din II r a n Diyala Mosul Baghdad !. ÆQ Anbar HamdaniyaÆQ Rania Wassit Sinjar Pshdar n Kerbala Babylon rda Jo Erbil Qadissiya !. Missan ÆQ ÆQ Najaf Thi-Qar ÆQ Erbil Mosul Basrah Koisnjaq Muthanna Saudi Arabia E R B I L Dokan K u N I N E W A w a it ÆQ Makhmur ÆQÆQ Sharbazher Explosive Incident Risk Level Penjwin Dabes High Low Sulaymaniah !. Ba'aj ÆQ Kirkuk !\ !. Sulaymaniya Capital Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk S y r ii a Chamchamal !. Governorate Center ÆQÆQÆQ S U L A Y M A N I Y A H Hawiga ÆQ ÆQ K I R K U K Darbandihkan Halabja IDPs Camp Daquq Primary Road Iraq Boundary Kalar Baiji ÆQ ÆQ Governorate Boundary Tooz Ru'ua ÆQ Tikrit Tikrit District Boundary ÆQ!. Kifri ÆQ S A L A H A L - D I N Daur Haditha Khanaqin ÆQ ± Samarra D I Y A L A 0 50 100 Ka'im Km ÆQ ÆQ Khalis A N B A R Thethar Balad Ana Muqdadiya Heet Fares !.ÆQBa`aqubah Tarmia Ba'quba Baladrooz Ramadi KadhimiaAdhamia ÆQ !. ÆQ Thawra1 Ramadi ÆQÆQ Thaw!\.ra2 Abu Ghraib Resafa ÆQ Karkh Mada'in Falluja ÆQ ÆQ B A G H D A D Badra Mahmoudiya Rutba Azezia JJ oo Suwaira rr dd Mahawil W A S S I T Kerbala !. Musayab Kut aa Kut Hindiya !. n Ain Al-Tamur K E R B A L A !. n Hilla Na'maniya Hilla Hashimiya Hai Diwaniya Najaf Afaq Kufa iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 23 July to 05 August 2020 Turkey Dahuk Zakho Erbil T u r k e y Dahuk Amedi 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 Shaqlawa Basrah Muthanna à Mosul Saudi Arabia K !. ÆQ uw ÆQ a ÆQ Rania it Sinjar Hamdaniya Erbil Pshdar ÆQ ÆQ !. ÆQ Erbil Mosul ġ Airstrike E R B I L Koisnjaq N I N E W A Dokan c Armed Clash Area à ÆQ ÆQ Makhmur à Explosive Hazard ÆQ Sharbazher Penjwin Dabes Sulaymaniah !\ Capital Ba'aj à !. ÆQ Kirkuk S y r ii a !. Sulaymaniya !. Governorate Center Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk à ÆQÆQ Chamchamal S U L A Y M A N I Y A H ÆQ IDPs Camp ÆQ Hawiga K I R K U KÆQ Darbandihkan Halabja Primary Road Daquq Iraq Boundary à ġ à Kalar Governorate Boundary Baiji ġ ÆQÆQ Tooz District Boundary Ru'ua ÆQ Tikrit Tikrit ÆQ!. Kifri ÆQ S A L A H A L - D I N Daur à Haditha c à cà ÆQ ± ġ cà Khanaàqin ÆQ Samarra cà ġ 0 50 100 à c à D I Y A L A Km Ka'im à c ÆQ ÆQ Khalis A N B A R à Thethar àà Balad c Ana ààààà c ààMàuàqdadiya Heet Fares !.ÆQBa`aqubah àTarmia ààc à Ba'quba c Baladrooz Ramadi KaàdàhimiaAdhamia ÆQ àà!. ÆQ Thawra1 Ramadi àÆQÆQ Thaw!\.ra2 Abu Ghraib ààResafa à àKarkàh Mada'in ÆQ ààà Falluja ÆQ ÆQ B A G H D àA D à Mahmoudiya Badra JJ Rutba Azezia oo rr Suwaira Musayab dd àà Mahawil W A S S I T aa Kerbala !.Kerbala Kut nn Hilla Ain Al-Tamur K E R B A L A !. !. Hindiya Kut Na'maniya Hilla Hashimiya Diwaniya Afaq Hai Najaf 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. Publication Date: 09 AUGUST 2020 - For more information contact: [email protected] Copyright © iMMAP,IHF Humanitarian Access Response - 2020. All rights reserved.This report is related to iMMAP-IHF project: Multi-Dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management Center for Humanitarian Access Response - 2020..
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