Iraq: Attacks on Aid, Health, and Education Infrastructure

Insecurity Insight maintains this dataset of reported incidents of violence and threats against aid operations, healthcare, and education systems in Iraq. It aggregates data from Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) annual reports to track fatalities and damage assessments across humanitarian sectors. The records focus on the safety of aid workers and the integrity of essential infrastructure like food and water systems.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in fatalities among aid workers in Iraq
• Mapping damage assessments of health and education facilities during conflict
• Evaluating the impact of security incidents on food and water system stability

Strengths

• Includes data from Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) reports
• Covers multiple sectors including health, education, and food security
• Licensed under CC-BY-SA for open redistribution

Limitations

• Specific column names and row counts are not provided in the metadata
• Relies on reported incidents which may be subject to underreporting in active conflict zones
• Geographic bias toward areas with active humanitarian monitoring

Provenance

Source

Insecurity Insight and Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC)

Collection Method

Aggregation of reported incidents and annual report citations

Freshness

Updated as recently as March 2026 per source metadata.

Geography

Iraq