Weekly ISIS Activity Monitor in Iraq | 5–12 July 2026

The Syria Monitor Strategic Research Center presents its Weekly ISIS Activity Monitor in Iraq, documenting the most significant attacks and security incidents attributed to ISIS during the period 5–11 July 2026.

The reporting indicates that ISIS cells remained active across several Iraqi governorates, particularly Nineveh, Anbar, Salah al-Din, and Diyala, with operations concentrated in desert regions, rural areas, and strategic transportation routes. Throughout the week, the group carried out a series of attacks targeting security forces, civilians, and critical infrastructure.

The documented incidents included armed assaults, ambushes, improvised explosive device (IED) attacks, agricultural arson, kidnappings, and targeted killings, reflecting ISIS’s continued reliance on low-cost, high-impact insurgent tactics aimed at maintaining operational pressure while avoiding direct large-scale confrontations.

The report also highlights persistent ISIS activity in western Nineveh Desert, the Anbar Desert, the Akashat–Rutbah corridor, the Makhoul mountain range, the Hamrin Mountains, and the Tarmiyah area north of Baghdad, all of which continue to serve as key operational and logistical environments for the group’s remaining cells.

This publication is part of the Weekly Security Monitoring Series issued by the Syria Monitor Strategic Research Center, providing researchers, policymakers, and media organizations with timely assessments of ISIS activity, operational trends, and the evolving security landscape in Iraq.

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