With the recent protests in Iraq, the government has focused its security efforts on containing the unrest, which has reduced its bandwidth for dealing with the Islamic State
Sajad Jiyad writes on the increasing ISIS attacks in Iraq and how ISIS takes advantage of the government's response on unrest and the coronavirus and the international community's shift to focus on other issues
The Islamic State has been ramping up a campaign of violence in rural parts of Iraq since the second half of 2019, focusing on Diyala, Kirkuk and Salahaldin provinces, to the east and north of Baghdad. Both the frequency and character of the attacks have been steadily increasing.
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