Timeline of Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2019)

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This is a timeline of events during the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) in 2019.

Chronology[edit]

January–July[edit]

Further information: Sinjar clashes (2019)
  • 14 January 2019 - An ISIL attack on a checkpoint northwest of Kirkuk resulted in the death of 1 PMU fighter.[1]
  • 9 February 2019 - 2 Iraqi bomb disposal soldiers were killed while defusing a bomb in the city of Hīt, West of Ramadi.[2]
  • 2 February 2019 - Popular Mobilization Forces killed 2 ISIL fighters trying to sneak into Diyala Governorate from the Hamreen mountains area.[3]
  • 17 March 2019 - Clashes between the Iraqi Army and PKK in Sinjar left 2 Iraqi soldiers dead and 5 militants wounded according to the Iraqi Military. The fighting started after PKK militia fighters were denied passage through an army checkpoint.[4]
  • 7 July 2019 - The Iraqi army launched an Operation, dubbed "Will of Victory" to clear the Salahaddin, Nineveh and Anbar provinces of ISIL sleeper cells.[5] It had concluded by 11 July 2019.[6]

August[edit]

  • 4 August 2019 - ISIL claimed to have destroyed 4 Iraqi government vehicles and to have killed a police officer with an IED in Baghdad, ISIL later released a video showing the attack.[7]
  • 10 August 2019 - A US marine was killed in the Nineveh Governorate by ISIL while advising Iraqi security forces.[8]

September[edit]

  • 10 September 2019 - A massive bombing of Qanus Island, on the Tigris River south of Mosul, leveled an ISIL transit and operations hub.[9] Over 80,000 pounds of laser-guided bombs left behind a heavily cratered island.[10]
  • 20 September 2019 – 2019 Karbala bombing: An unidentified man boarded a minibus in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, disembarking a little later after having left a bag behind. It exploded shortly afterwards, killing 12 and wounding five others. The suspect was later arrested and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.[11] The bombing was one of the worst attack against civilians since the end of the War in Iraq.[12]
Coalition airstrike on ISIL positions, Qanus Island, Iraq, September 2019

October[edit]

  • 21 October 2019 - ISIL attacked an Iraqi security checkpoint in the Allas oilfields area in northern Salahuddin province, killing 2 and wounding 3 security members.[13]
  • 30 October 2019 - Rockets were fired into the Green Zone in Baghdad near the US embassy amid mass protests against the Iraqi government, an Iraqi soldier was reportedly killed by the rocket fire.[14]

November[edit]

  • 26 November 2019 - Six ISIL members were killed following a police chase in the area of Wadi al-Karha, southwest of Kirkuk.[15]

December[edit]

  • 3 December 2019 - Iraqi security forces announce the capture of Baghdadi's "deputy" who operated under the name of "Abu Khaldoun". According to security officials, a police unit in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, tracked down Khaldoun to an apartment in the March 1 area where he was hiding; he possessed a fake I.D. under the name of Shaalan Obeid when apprehended. Khaldoun was previously ISIL's "military prince" of Iraq's Saladin Governorate.[16]
  • 17 December 2019 - A coalition airstrike targeted ISIS locations in Makhmur District.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "شفق نيوز". Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. ^ "Two Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Anbar Bomb Explosion". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. ^ "Iraq mobilization forces kill two IS members in Diyala". 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  4. ^ "Two Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish PKK: Military". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. ^ "Iraq launches 'Will of Victory' operation against ISIS sleeper cells near Syrian border". The Defense Post. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  6. ^ "Iraqi Army Concludes 'Will of Victory' Operation against ISIS". Asharq AL-awsat. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  7. ^ "#ISIS has released a new video showing the #Baghdad attack.pic.twitter.com/pDR2GsO67L". August 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "Death of US Marine in Iraq brings renewed attention to ISIS threat | Gregory Aftandilian". AW.
  9. ^ Hall, Richard (11 September 2019). "US air force carpet-bombs 'Isis-infested island' in Iraq". Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Satellite image shows 'ISIS-infested' island bombed by US reduced to smoking craters". Fox News. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  11. ^ "ISIL claims bus bombing in Iraq's Karbala that killed 12". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  12. ^ "Minibus Bombing Outside Iraq's Karbala Kills 12, Injures 5". Voice of America. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  13. ^ "Islamic State attack kills two security forces near northern Iraqi oilfields". Reuters. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  14. ^ Phillips, Morgan (October 30, 2019). "Baghdad's Green Zone targeted by rocket fire; Iraqi soldier killed". Fox News.
  15. ^ "Iraq police kill 6 Daesh/ISIS terrorists in Kirkuk". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  16. ^ "ISIS leader Baghdadi's deputy arrested by Iraqi forces". Jerusalem Post. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  17. ^ @SOJTFOIR (December 28, 2019). "#Coalition #Airpower strike #Daesh bed-down location in Makhmur Mountains, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2019. #AFCENT precision #Airstrike denies Daesh safe haven, reduces the spread of their evil ideology, and makes the Iraqi people safer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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