Timeline of Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2020)
This is a timeline of events during the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) in 2020.
Chronology
[edit]January–February
[edit]- 16 January 2020 - An Iraqi SWAT team announced the capture of IS mufti Abu Abdul Bari, also known as Shifa al-Nima, in Mosul who authorized the destruction of Prophet Jonah Mosque on 24 July 2014.[1] Amusingly, he was taken away on the back of a truck, since he weighed 254 kilograms (560 lb).[2]
- 19 January 2020 - Iraqi counter terrorism forces (ICTS) arrested an IS security official in Fallujah.[3]
March
[edit]- 8 March 2020 - Two American soldiers were "killed by enemy forces while advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an IS terrorist stronghold in a mountainous area of north central Iraq", according to the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad. One French special Operator was also wounded in the firefight, IS casualties were estimated to be 17–19 killed.[4] The two U.S. Marine Raiders were killed in the Qara Chokh Mountains near Makhmur.[5][6]
April
[edit]- April 28, 2020 - A militant wearing a suicide vest attacked the Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Directorate in the Qadisiyah neighborhood of Kirkuk, wounding three Iraqi security personnel. Iraqi government officials blamed the Islamic State.[7]
May–November
[edit]- May 2, 2020 - At least ten members of the PMF were killed in an attack by IS.[8]
December
[edit]- December 14, 2020 - 42 IS fighters were killed by Iraqi forces in the Nineveh governorate[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Islamic State's 'very own Jabba the Hutt' captured in Mosul". Stars and Stripes. 17 January 2020.
- ^ "40-stone Islamic State leader Abu Abdul Bari arrested in Iraq and taken away in truck because he was too heavy for car". Sky News. 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Iraqi counter-terrorism forces arrest high-ranking ISIS official in Fallujah". Rudaw. 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2 American troops killed in Iraq during anti-ISIS mission". ABC News. 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Recovery of Marines killed in Iraq was slowed by unforgiving terrain, U.S. military officials say". The Washington Post. 10 March 2020.
- ^ "7-hour Iraq firefight sees 4 Marine Raiders receive Bronze Stars with 'V'". 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Iraq Officials Say IS Targets Intelligence Bureau; 3 Wounded". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 28, 2020. [dead link]
- ^ Usher, Sebastian (May 2, 2020). "Islamic State militants kill ten Iraqis in 'fierce clashes'". BBC.
- ^ "Iraqi army kills 42 Daesh/ISIS terrorists". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-04-06.