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Kirkūk province, Iraq: events and estimated deaths in September 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Kirkūk province, Iraq in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 6P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

UCDP recorded no events in September 2025. Among the 14 months with a report for Kirkūk province, Iraq, September 2026 has the 2nd highest count of events. Kirkūk province, Iraq holds 100 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Iraq in September 2026. In September 2025, the share was 0 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The report of the country for this month: Iraq, September 2026.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Iraq has each event.

Table 1. Kirkūk province, September 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Sep 2026Kirkūk provinceActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111
11 Sep 2026Dāqūq district, Kirkūk provinceGovernment of Iraq; ISState-based222
26 Sep 2026Kirkūk provinceGovernment of Iraq; ISState-based111
27 Sep 2026Kirkūk provinceGovernment of Iraq; ISState-based222

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Kirkūk province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of September 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P1P
Government of Iraq3P5P
IS3P5P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Kirkūk province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P6PCandidate Events
July 20262P7PCandidate Events
June 20261P3PCandidate Events
May 20264P12PCandidate Events
March 20265P13PCandidate Events
October 202513GED
August 202529GED
June 202536GED
February 202512GED
January 202516GED
December 202423GED
November 2024418GED
October 2024413GED
September 2024412GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Kirkūk province: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kirkūk province, Iraq: events and estimated deaths in September 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/iraq/kirkuk-province/month/2026-09/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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