Backup arrives for Baiji refinery defense
Days after IS fighters made a devastating incursion into Iraq's largest oil refinery, reinforcements have joined the fight.
Pro-government forces take part in an operation to secure the Baiji oil refinery on April 15, 2015. (MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD - Pro-government forces have gotten some backup in their battle for the Baiji refinery, after suffering heavy losses during a late-April offensive by the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group.
IS fighters still control about half of the 36-square-kilometer refinery campus, according to several security officials in the area.
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