Assessing the Threat of the Islamic State in Iraq.

May 22, 2022

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The Islamic State (IS) in Iraq continues to operate in much of the central and northern areas of the country, conducting numerous operations of different types. There were 1,079 attacks conducted in 2021 and over 200 from January to April 2022. The Wilayah Iraq can count on about twenty-six active and operational cells for a total of about 4,000 to 5,000 thousand fighters and about 4,000 militants belonging to dormant cells, facilitators, and supporters.

Operations and Objectives

Taking advantage of the knowledge of the territory, remote areas, desert space, mountains, mobile groups, facilitators, numerous cells, and supporters, IS in Iraq is able to operate and conduct different types of attacks in numerous areas, such as Anbar, North Baghdad, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Ninewa, Diyala, Tigris/Dayla, Babil Jazeera, Badiya Furat, Falluja, and a large area in the south of the country called South Sector.

IS in Iraq conducts three types of operations:

Assessing the Threat of the Islamic State in Iraq.

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