Baiji Refinery

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  Islamic State Retakes Part of Iraqi Town of Baiji: Pentagon

  Islamic State fighters have regained territory in the contested city of Baiji, home to Iraq's largest oil refinery, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

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  Iraq's Haider Al-Abadi Says Baiji Battle 'Crucial' to Ousting Islamic State

  Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the battle over the northern town of Baiji and its refinery - Iraq's largest - was critical to the fight against Islamic State.

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  Iraqi Forces Say Most of Baiji Town Recaptured From Islamic State

  Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi'ite militias leading the fight said today.

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  Islamic State Kills 5 Policemen Near Baiji Refinery

  Islamic State has killed five policemen in a town near Iraq's biggest refinery, in an attack that may help ease pressure on some of its fighters trapped in the strategically important facility, a security official said today.

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  17 Killed in Battles Near Iraq's Baiji Refinery

  Seventeen people were killed in Iraq today in clashes between Islamic State militants and pro-government forces in a town close to the country's biggest refinery, a focal point in efforts to counter the ultra-hardline Sunni group.

• US, Iraq Working to Stem Attack on Baiji Oil Refinery: US General

  American forces are trying to relieve pressure on Iraqi forces at the geographically important Baiji oil refinery, hitting militants with 26 air strikes since Tuesday and helping drop 18 pallets of supplies, the top US general said on Thursday.

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  Iraqi Forces Retake Most of Baiji Refinery From Islamic State

  Iraqi forces retook most of the country's largest refinery from Islamic State on Saturday, security officials said, reversing gains by the militants who seized parts of the sprawling complex this week.

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  Iraq's Largest Refinery Not at Risk From Islamic State Group: US

  Iraq's largest refinery in Baiji is not "at risk" despite an offensive by the Islamic State group that has breached parts of the facility, the US military's top general said Thursday.

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  Iraq Retaliates as Islamic State Breach Perimeter

  Islamic State militants breached the security perimeter around Iraq's largest refinery in Baiji today but were beaten back by security forces and coalition air strikes, local officials said.

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  Jihadists Attack Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery

  Islamic State militants on Saturday launched suicide attacks against the Baiji oil refinery, Iraq's largest, a senior army officer said.

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  Iraq Forces Break Jihadist Siege of Main Oil Refinery

  Iraqi forces broke the Islamic State group's months-long siege of the country's largest oil refinery Saturday as America's top officer flew in to discuss the expanding war against the jihadists.

• Iraqi Forces Advance to Try to Break Insurgent Siege of Baiji Refinery

  Iraqi military forces reached the centre of the northern city of Baiji on Sunday to try to break an Islamic State siege of the country's biggest refinery nearby, according to an army colonel and a witness.

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  Suicide Bomber Kills Iraqi Commander, Top Cleric Raps Army Corruption

  A suicide bomber in a truck packed with explosives killed a senior police commander involved in an operation against Islamic State militants who have been surrounding Iraq's biggest oil refinery for months, security sources said.

• Militants Make Renewed Push for Main Iraq Refinery

  Militants have launched a renewed push to seize Iraq's main oil refinery north of Baghdad, battling security forces backed by air support, a police officer and witnesses said on Sunday.

• Militants Attack Iraq Air Base, US Assessment Teams Deploy

  Militants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases on Wednesday as the first US teams arrived to assess the Iraqi security forces.