An early damage assessment, conducted after Iraq's largest refinery was liberated from IS militants in October 2015, gave some hope it could be rehabilitated. But now there's little left to save.
After four months of a deadly stalemate, Iraqi forces now appear on the offensive in the battle for Iraq's largest refinery.
After seizing Tikrit and setting sights on further gains, pro-government forces have been put on their heels by IS offensives.
A small contingent of elite counter-terrorism forces were losing their grip on Iraq's largest refinery after hundreds of Iraqi Army soldiers fled.
Iraq's largest oil refinery remains offline with damage assessments incomplete, attacks continuing, and the government unable to control intake or outflow pipeline routes.
Several attacks by IS fighters over the weekend highlight the ongoing challenge of establishing the security zone needed to protect and re-start Iraq's largest refinery.
Government forces at Iraq's largest refinery are under attack as insurgents seek to extend their control over the facility.
IS militants destroy critical control rooms and production units as pro-government forces battle to retake the remnants of Iraq's largest oil refinery.
The militant jihadist group that has taken control of Mosul and Fallujah is now pushing to control other key areas of northern Iraq.
Despite ongoing violence, including a weekend pipeline bombing, the Baiji refinery's resumption of operations marks progress in Iraq's northern oil sector.
On his first full day on the job, the new Oil Minister made his first site visit - to a key refinery still under siege by insurgents.
IS militants now control most of Iraq's largest oil refinery after a relentless offensive that has left pro-government forces in disarray.
Days after IS fighters made a devastating incursion into Iraq's largest oil refinery, reinforcements have joined the fight.
As their massive offensive continues, insurgents now control the Baiji refinery and several oil fields, which could be used to support further operations.
Three days after Iraqi leaders declared the country's largest refinery secure, IS militants who control pockets of territory nearby have the facility in their crosshairs.
Militants have disabled Iraq's northern export pipeline since March, and are now targeting other energy infrastructure.
Insurgents control the area around Iraq's largest refinery, although their attacks have been consistently repelled by elite Iraqi commandos and helicopter gunships.
Technical teams are to assess the damage to the refinery itself, but securing crude import and fuel export routes are crucial to bringing it back online.
As the assault enters its fourth day, IS militants have punched a hole in the security perimeter of Iraq's largest refinery.
Gas and refining sector developments are a priority this year, but Iraq is also looking to settle longstanding disputes with the Kurdistan region and Turkey.
An Iraqi tribal leader has accused Shia Popular Mobilisation Forces of burning mosques and killing dozens of people in Baiji in the Salahuddin province in Iraq. Sheikh Abdul Razzaq Al-Shammari said: "Eight mosques were burned and destroyed in the city of Baiji by the Popular Mobilisation Forces in the past days," adding that dozens of […]
Recently reinforced Iraqi security forces at the Baiji refinery, backed by Iraqi Army helicopters, repelled on Tuesday the latest attempt by anti-government militants to take the Baiji refinery.
Gunmen carried out a series of attacks on Oil Police outposts in Salahaddin province near the Baiji refinery on Tuesday, killing two officers.
Iraqi forces with the support of the U.S. are now in control of Baiji city, military and militia sources told CNN on Sunday. "Forces have cleansed and are in control completely of government complex, city center, Fatah mosque (main mosque) and surrounding neighborhoods," said Brig. Gen. Tahseen Ibrahim, a spokesman for the Iraqi defense ministry. He […]
