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 IS sleeper cells.[5] It had concluded by 11 July 2019.[6]
August
10 August 2019 - A US marine was killed in the Nineveh Governorate by IS while advising Iraqi security forces.[7]
September
10 September 2019 - A massive bombing of Qanus Island, on the Tigris River south of Mosul, leveled an IS transit and operations hub.[8]
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 claimed responsibility.[9] The bombing was one of the worst attack against civilians since the end of the War in Iraq.[10]
October
21 October 2019 - IS attacked an Iraqi security checkpoint in the Allas oilfields area in northern Salahuddin province, killing 2 and wounding 3 security members.[11]
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.[12]
December
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 IS's "military prince" of Iraq's Saladin Governorate.[13]
17 December 2019 - A coalition airstrike targeted IS locations in Makhmur District.[14]
References
^"شفق نيوز". Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2019-01-14.