Baghdad: 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.
The fighting, in which militants attacked the Baiji refinery from three sides, broke out on Saturday evening and continued into the next day, the sources said.
Militants have repeatedly sought to overrun the refinery, which once accounted for some 50 per cent of Iraq's supplies of refined oil products.
Jihadist-led militants launched a major offensive in June, overrunning large areas of five provinces and sweeping security forces aside.
The fighting, in which militants attacked the Baiji refinery from three sides, broke out on Saturday evening and continued into the next day, the sources said.
Militants have repeatedly sought to overrun the refinery, which once accounted for some 50 per cent of Iraq's supplies of refined oil products.
Jihadist-led militants launched a major offensive in June, overrunning large areas of five provinces and sweeping security forces aside.
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