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Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News ( 02 - 08 JAN 2020) iMMAP - IHF Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News ( 02 - 08 JAN 2020) 93 26 42 19 3 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES An Armed Group 05/JAN/2020 NINEWA GOVERNORATE Launched five missiles on the Green Zone of Baghdad, two missiles landed on a lake near the US embassy, one landed in a civilians house near the suspension bridge, one fell on An Armed Group 02/JAN/2020 the road between Al-Hurriya Square and suspension bridge and the fifth missile landed in Opened fire using light weapons on a Tribal Mobilization Forces checkpoint killing two Qadissiya area. members of them, in the village of Al-Haj Ali in Qayara subdistrict. An Armed Group 08/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 02/JAN/2020 Launched two Katyusha missiles on the Green Zone in Baghdad city, one of the missiles Exploded and IED on a patrol of the Iraqi military forces near Kashaf village in Gwer landed on the street near the US embassy, and another one landed far from the embassy. subdistrict, the explosion killed a soldier and injured two others An Armed Group 08/JAN/2020 Opened the fire using light weapons on civilians in Hatra district south of Mosul, in which a civilian was killed and another one injured during the attack. DIYALA GOVERNORATE Iranian Military Forces 08/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 02/JAN/2020 Launched a missile on the outskirts of Bardarash district, causing only property damage. Planted a hand grenade near a house in Al-Saghera village in Abu Saida subdistrict on the outskirts of Muqdadiya district, the hand grenade exploded, which killed a civilian and injured two others. ISIS 02/JAN/2020 SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE Attacked a location of the emergency police forces killing a policeman and injuring two An Armed Group 04/JAN/2020 others north of Muqdadiyah district. Launched four missiles at the Balad Airbase, the missiles landed near the southern gate of the base. An Armed Group 05/JAN/2020 Targeted a civilian house with a hand grenade on the outskirts of Khalis subdistrict north Federal Police Forces 04/JAN/2020 of Baqubah district, the explosion resulted only in property damage. Conducted a search operation and were able to clear 15 IEDs, 20 mortar shells caliber 80mm, six mortar shells caliber 60mm, 15 mortar shells caliber 120mm in the An Armed Group 06/JAN/2020 Samarra district. Exploded an IED under-construction mosque with an IED on the outskirts of Mandali subdistrict east of Baqubah district, also launched two mortar shells on the Military Intelligence Forces 07/JAN/2020 outskirts of Mandali subdistrict. The explosion did not cause any casualties. Were able to find and clear 281 hidden warheads of various mortar shells and projectiles in Mukeshifa area, Jazeera Samarra. KIRKUK GOVERNORATE Iraqi Air Force 03/JAN/2020 BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE Launched an airstrike in the Zab Al-Sagher area, on three ISIS tunnels and killed all the members. An Armed Group 02/JAN/2020 Killed a civilian using silenced weapons in the Al-Mansour area in Baghdad city. Also, another group injured a civilian near Al-Amana terminal in Sara camp area. ISIS 05/JAN/2020 Attacked a secret location of the Iraqi Military Forces and killed two soldiers and injured Security Forces 02/JAN/2020 three others in Tal Dhiyab village in the Daquq district. Launched tear gas on demonstrators after a clash between them in Wathba square in the center of Baghdad city, the tear gas caused suffocation among the demonstrators. An Armed Group 08/JAN/2020 Exploded an IED on a Iraqi Military Forces vehicle in Arab Koy area in Daquq district, the The United States Air Forces 03/JAN/2020 explosion killed a guard, and injured a major general along with his three other guards Launched an airstrike and killed Qasim Al-Sulaymani, the commander of the Quds Corps,, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis the deputy chief of the Popular Mobilization Force near the exit of Baghdad International Airport. ANBAR GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 04/JAN/2020 Military Intelligence 02/JAN/2020 Launched two mortar shells injuring three people in the Jadiriyah area in Baghdad city. Carried out an operation depending on the accurate intelligence information in the desert area of the governorate, also they arrested an ISIS member who was the logistic An Armed Group 04/JAN/2020 supporter for the ISIS groups. Launched a missile that landed near the headquarters of Popular Mobilization Forces of Saraya Al-Khurasani in Jadiriya and another one in Ihtiflat Square. Iranian Military Forces 08/JAN/2020 Launched 17 missiles on Ayn Al-Asad US Airbase, 15 of them landed inside the base , An Armed Group 04/JAN/2020 another two landed in Hitan area west of Heet city, but the two missiles Killed a civil activist in Sadr city while he was returning from Tahrir Square. in Hitan did not explode. An Armed Group 05/JAN/2020 Killed a captain of the Iraqi Military Forces with a silenced weapon and gunshots inside his ERBIL GOVERNORATE house in Murasalat area in Al-Jami’a neighborhood west of Baghdad city. Coalition Air Forces 04/JAN/2020 An Armed Group 05/JAN/2020 launched an airstrike on the SIS hideouts on Qarachukh mountain in Makhmur district, Assassinated a school prenciple with silenced weapons in the Al-Amel area southwest of and the strike killed several of them. Baghdad city. Iranian Military Forces 08/JAN/2020 An Iranian missile landed in the vicinity of Seedan village near Erbil International Airport. People Killed & Injured Per Governorate People Killed & Injured Per Incident Type 25 25 Killed 25 Killed Injured 22 Injured 20 20 15 15 15 14 11 10 10 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 6 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 Diyala Kirkuk Salah Al-Din Ninewa Erbil Baghdad Attack/Direct/Clashes Bomb Attack Crime Air Strike iMMAP-IHF, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents in Anbar,Baghdad,Diyala,Erbil,Kirkuk,Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 02 to 08 Jan 2020 DAHUK Turkey Dahuk Amedi Turkey Dahuk Airstrike Mergasur Sumel Dahuk Erbil Ninewa Sulaymaniyah Armed Clash Area Shikhan Akre Syria Kirkuk Soran IranIran Telafar Choman Salah Al-Din Explosive Hazard Diyala Tilkaif Anbar Baghdad Wassit Capital Shaqlawa JordanJordan KerbalaBabylon Qadissiya Missan Mosul Najaf Governorate Center Thi-Qar Hamdaniya Rania Sinjar Pshdar Basrah Erbil Muthanna Saudi Arabia IDPs Camp Kuwait Erbil Mosul Primary Road Koisnjaq ERBIL Dokan Iraq Boundary NINEWA Makhmur Governorate Boundary Sharbazher Penjwin District Boundary Dabes Sulaymaniah Ba'aj Kirkuk Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Chamchamal SULAYMANIYAH Hawiga KIRKUK Halabja Daquq Kalar Baiji Tooz Ru'ua Tikrit Tikrit Kifri SALAH AL-DIN Daur Haditha Khanaqin Samarra Ka'im DIYALA 0 50 100 Khalis ANBAR Thethar Km Balad Ana Muqdadiya Ba`aqubah Heet Fares Tarmia Ba'quba Baladrooz Ramadi Baghdad Rutba Ramadi Falluja Abu Ghraib Karkh Mada'in BAGHDAD Badra Mahmoudiya Azezia iMMAP-IHF, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents Risk Level in Anbar,Baghdad,Diyala,Erbil,Kirkuk,Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 2 to 08 Jan 2020 Turkey Dahuk Explosive Incident Risk Level Turkey Shikhan Erbil High Low Soran Ninewa Akre Sulaymaniyah Choman Syria Kirkuk Capital ERBIL IranIran Telafar Tilkaif Salah Al-Din Diyala Governorate Center Shaqlawa Anbar Baghdad Wassit Mosul JordanJordan KerbalaBabylon IDPs Camp Qadissiya Missan Sinjar Rania Pshdar Najaf Hamdaniya Erbil Thi-Qar Primary Road Basrah Muthanna Saudi Arabia Erbil Saudi Arabia Iraq Boundary Mosul Kuwait Koisnjaq NINEWA Governorate Boundary Dokan District Boundary Makhmur Sharbazher Penjwin Dabes SULAYMANIYAH Ba'aj Sulaymaniah Kirkuk Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Sulaymaniya Chamchamal Hawiga KIRKUK Halabja Daquq Kalar Baiji Tooz Ru'ua Tikrit Tikrit Kifri SALAH AL-DIN Daur Haditha Samarra Khanaqin Ka'im DIYALA Khalis 0 40 80 Thethar Km Balad ANBAR Muqdadiya Ana Heet Fares Ba`aqubah Tarmia Baladrooz Ramadi Ramadi Mada'in Rutba Falluja BAGHDAD Badra Mahmoudiya Azezia Suwaira Kut 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 JAN 2020 - For more information contact: [email protected] Copyright © iMMAP,IHF Humanitarian Access Response - 2019. All rights reserved.This report is related to iMMAP-IHF project: Multi-Dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management Center for Humanitarian Access Response - 2019..
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