iMMAP - IHF Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News ( 09 - 15 JAN 2020)

93 43 45 15 2 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES

An Armed Group 14/JAN/2020 NINEWA GOVERNORATE Directed Katyusha missiles to Taji Airbase within the US base which is located 35km from the northern capital. One of the missiles landed close to the main base entrance and there Iraqi Forces 09/JAN/2020 were no reports of casualties. Fired shots at a group of people resulted in killing one female and injuring two forces near Sunine village in the . It is believed that they entered illegally and An Armed Group 14/JAN/2020 suspected to be family members of ISIS. killed an anti-drug lieutenant in Kadhimiyah area.

Popular Mobilization Forces 12/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 14/JAN/2020 Carried out a search operation under the name (Ali Wali Allah) in Jazeera on the west Exploded a sound IED near to the Jimhuriya bridge in the capital center in which the of . The operation resulted in finding the biggest booby-trapping hideout which explosion caused no casualties and no material damages. contained 3000 IED detonators, more than 100 IEDs, 10 hand grenades, 11 Austrian missiles, 13 explosive belts, 30 anti-armor missiles, explosive materials, and different weapons. Popular Mobilization Forces 09/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 13/JAN/2020 Conducted a search operation in the governorate, the operation resulted in destroying a Two policemen injured when an IED explosion was targeted on a convoy of local police number of operating bases used by ISIS. forces at the intersection of Qayarra subdistrict which is located 60 km from the south of Mosul. An Armed Group 09/JAN/2020 Injured 2 civilians, one of them a child, when an IED exploded close to their house in Tahrir Turkish Air Forces 15/JAN/2020 area which is located 6km south of Ba'qubah. Bombarded PKK in Dokri compound in Sinjar district boundary. The bombardment led to killing 15 PKK member and injuring 8 more.. Police Forces 12/JAN/2020 Cleared a roadside IED on an agricultural road which is close to Shaqran village within SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE Sinsel basin north of Muqdadiyah. Popular Mobilization Forces, Police Forces, Military Forces, and Iraqi Air Forces An Armed Group 09/JAN/2020 12/JAN/2020 Directed a missile to an area on the outskirts of Fadhlan village, which located 15km west Carried out a search operation based on intelligence information in Thilab, Al-Samj, and of Balad Airbase. Al-Hadid valleys on the hills located between and Jalawla. The operation resulted in destroyed of 3 ISIS' operating bases and IEDs. ISIS 12/JAN/2020 An internal clash in Albu Jum' a village resulted in killing an ISIS member and injuring two Police Forces 12/JAN/2020 others during the clash Rescued a kidnapped person under the construction building in the Imam Askar area which is located in Baladrooz district. Iraqi Air Forces and Military Forces 15/JAN/2020 Conducted an operation in Hawi Allibwa area, Al-Shay lake, and Hamrin valley. The Air An Armed Group 13/JAN/2020 Forces killed 7 ISIS members and Military Forces killed another member. Moreover, they Kidnapped a civilian at the Udhem area located in the northern governorate. were able to a pickup vehicle, 2 boats, 8 operating bases, and a 5-meter-long tunnel. ANBAR GOVERNORATE ISIS 09/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 09/JAN/2020 Three persons kidnapped after an attack on a Sawsan Abada village which is located north Killed a civilian by suppressed weapons in Abu Ghraib district. of Al-Walid border crossing. Also, its worth to mention that they fled into the deep desert.

Security Forces 09/JAN/2020 ISIS 13/JAN/2020 Carried out a search operation under the name of (Al-Salam Al-Wa’id) in the Tarimiyah area Attacked border guard headquarters at the north of Al-Waleed border-crossing in Habar and its outskirts which is located in the north of the governorate. The operation resulted in area resulting injury of an officer and three other members of the border guard. the clearing of 17 SPG9 rockets, 7 different projectiles, an AK47 firearm, 2 magazines, a llet box, 2 rockets, and 7 IEDs.

Security Forces 09/JAN/2020 GOVERNORATE Launched tear gas bombs on the demonstrators in Wathba square in Baghdad city in which Joint Security Forces 09/JAN/2020 a demonstrator killed and injured 3 others. Worthy of mentioning that the deceased was Carried out a search operation in Mamik mountain chain, Kubaiba, Mazirir, and Mansouriya directly hit by a tear gas bomb. villages. The operation resulted in the clearing of 32 different ISIS’s IEDs as well as 5 hideouts. Worthy of mention that two of the hideouts were caves. An Armed Group 09/JAN/2020 Launched two missiles on the Green Zone in Baghdad city, one of the missiles landed on a ISIS 15/JAN/2020 street near the USA embassy which didn't explode. And the other one landed far away from Killed two farmer, who were brothers, while they were on their way to their farms near to the Green Zone without any casualties. the Zughaytun valley in the west of the governorate.

Security Forces 10/JAN/2020 Security Forces 15/JAN/2020 During the operations in Al-Salam, Al-Waed, also Albuhisa orchards which are located in Were able to arrest an ISIS member in Chiman checkpoint located in the northeast of the Tarimiyah district and the outer parts of a city were able to find weapons and ammunition governorate. The arrestee was person in charge of the Qayarra state, as it is called by ISIS, stack. The stack contained an anti person rocket, 18 body armors, a mortar shells in 82 mm in the south of Mosul. caliber, 350 bullets, 14 mm caliber and 50 bullets in 12 mm caliber.

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

Killed Killed 20 19 25 Injured 22 Injured 20 15 14 15 15 11 11 12 15 12 10 10 10 8 6 6 5 3 5 2 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Diyala Kirkuk Salah Al-Din Ninewa Baghdad Attack/Direct/Clashes Bomb Attack Crime Air Strike iMMAP-IHF, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Incidents in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 09 to 15 Jan 2020

TurkeyDahuk Sumel Erbil Ninewa Shikhan Soran Choman Kirkuk SyriaSyria Telafar Tilkaif IranIran Salah Al-Din Diyala

Anbar Baghdad Mosul Iran Wassit KerbalaBabylon Sinjar Rania Pshdar Qadissiya Missan Hamdaniya Erbil

Najaf Thi-Qar Erbil Basrah Muthanna Mosul ERBIL Koisnjaq Saudi Arabia NINEWA Dokan

Makhmur Airstrike

Armed Clash Area Dabes Sulaymaniah Ba'aj Kirkuk Explosive Hazard Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Syria Capital Syria SULAYMANIYAH Hawiga Center Syria IDPs Camp Kalar Primary Road Tooz

Iraq Boundary Ru'ua Tikrit Governorate Boundary District Boundary SALAH AL-DIN Daur Khanaqin DIYALA Ka'im Khalis ANBAR Thethar 0 50 100 Balad Ana Km Muqdadiya

Heet Fares Ba`aqubah Tarmia

Baladrooz Ba'quba Baghdad Ramadi Abu Ghraib Mada'in

Falluja BAGHDAD

JordanJordan Mahmoudiya Badra Rutba Azezia

Suwaira WASSIT Kerbala Mahawil Kerbala Hilla Kut Ain Al-Tamur KERBALA Hindiya Hashimiya Na'maniya Hilla Diwaniya Hai

iMMAP-IHF, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Incidents Risk Level in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 09 to 15 Jan 2020

Turkey Dahuk Mergasur Dahuk Sumel Turkey Shikhan Ninewa Erbil Akre Sulaymaniyah Soran Syria Kirkuk Telafar Choman Tilkaif Salah Al-Din IranIran Diyala Shaqlawa Baghdad Anbar Mosul Iran Wassit KerbalaBabylon Rania Qadissiya Missan Sinjar Pshdar Erbil Thi-Qar Hamdaniya

Basrah Muthanna Erbil Mosul Saudi Arabia ERBIL Koisnjaq NINEWA Dokan Explosive Incident Risk Level Makhmur Sharbazher Penjwin High Low Dabes Sulaymaniah Capital Ba'aj Kirkuk Sulaymaniya Governorate Center Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Syria Chamchamal SULAYMANIYAH IDPs Camp Syria Hawiga KIRKUK Primary Road Daquq Halabja

Iraq Boundary Kalar Governorate Boundary Baiji Tooz

Ru'ua District Boundary Tikrit Tikrit

Kifri SALAH AL-DIN Daur Haditha Khanaqin Samarra 0 50 100 DIYALA Km Ka'im Khalis ANBAR Thethar Balad Ana Muqdadiya Ba`aqubah Heet Fares Tarmia

Baladrooz Ramadi Baghdad Ramadi Abu Ghraib Mada'in

Falluja BAGHDAD

JordanJordan Badra Mahmoudiya Rutba Azezia

Suwaira

WASSIT Kerbala Kerbala Mahawil Kut Kut Ain Al-Tamur KERBALA Hilla Hindiya Hilla Na'maniya Hashimiya Diwaniya Hai

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